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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Iris say when Norman is surprised by her racist comments?
(a) That she isn't a racist if she hates whites more than blacks.
(b) That she isn't a racist, she just hates the govenor.
(c) That she doesn't like anybody much, but likes blacks more than whites.
(d) That he's crazy if he thinks that about her.

2. Who is Norman surprised to see at the airport ticket counter?
(a) Shiela.
(b) Virgil.
(c) Lorna.
(d) Lionel.

3. What does Norman do after being bitten by the ants?
(a) He sprays them with insecticide.
(b) He runs naked into the sea.
(c) He steps on them.
(d) He jumps into the club's pool.

4. How does Henny feel about the island at first sight?
(a) She has reservations about it.
(b) She hates it.
(c) She wants to go home.
(d) She loves it.

5. What happens to Henny before her flight back to the island?
(a) She has stomach pain and decides not to go.
(b) She remembers an appointment and has to cancel her flight.
(c) She wants to go home and check on Hazel.
(d) She has second thoughts and refuses to go along.

Short Answer Questions

1. How is Norman awakened on his first morning as owner of the club?

2. What potential deal does Norman inform Lester Atlas about?

3. What is a cistern?

4. What does Governor Sanders ask about Iris before he leaves the airport?

5. What is the name of the main town in Amerigo?

Short Essay Questions

1. What good news and bad news does Henny have in a letter she wrote to Norman?

2. What second issue has more people ready to check out of the club on Norman's second day as owner?

3. On whose good will does Norman learn that the club keeps running smoothly, and how does he learn that?

4. What does Norman notice about the people of the island?

5. The Tilson party is an event that can make or break the Gull Reef Club. What does Norman know is the most important factor in pulling off the party?

6. When Norman cannot get a clear connection during his phone call to Lester, what does he finally do to get the deposit to buy the club?

7. How does Norman know Lester Atlas and why does he take him along to the island?

8. From what Mrs. Ball tells him about the club, what does Norman think about it?

9. Why does Iris Tramm seem so familiar to Norman?

10. Why does Norman Paperman want to buy a club in the Caribbean Islands?

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