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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through A River Runs Through It.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where do Norman and Paul fish?
(a) The Blackfoot River
(b) The Mississippi River
(c) The Colorado River
(d) The Missouri River

2. What happens in the middle of the night?
(a) Paul fixes them a midnight snack.
(b) Norman gets a call from the local police sergeant.
(c) Norman goes sleepwalking.
(d) Norman gets sick.

3. What happens in the following month of May?
(a) Mr. Maclean has a heart attack.
(b) Jessie's mother dies from cancer.
(c) Paul is beaten to death and left in an alley.
(d) Paul gets married.

4. Why does Paul invite Norman to stay the night at his house?
(a) Because it is late and it is a long drive back to Norman's house.
(b) Because Norman has had too much to drink.
(c) Because Norman's car is almost out of gas.
(d) Because he wants to take him to breakfast at a new restaurant.

5. Why do Paul and Norman stop fishing to return to the others?
(a) Because they are getting sunburned
(b) Because it gets dark
(c) Because it starts to rain
(d) Because the fish are not biting

Short Answer Questions

1. The story is an _________________ one.

2. Instead of returning to the cabin, where do Norman and Paul spend the night?

3. How does Norman think that Jessie and her family will react to Neal's condition?

4. What do Norman and Mr. Maclean come to realize?

5. Where does Paul suggest that he and Norman take the drunken Neal?

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