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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. What does Norman do after he takes Paul and his girlfriend back to Paul's house?
(a) He berates Paul for bad behavior.
(b) He fixes a pot of coffee.
(c) He goes to his own home.
(d) He goes out to get food to fix breakfast for all of them

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

3. Why are Jessie and her mother tending to Jessie's brother?
(a) Because he has broken his leg
(b) Because he has a migraine
(c) Because he is nursing a hangover
(d) Because he has broken his arm

4. What do Norman and Paul convince their father to do the next day?
(a) Take their mother shopping
(b) Go fishing with them
(c) Give an unpopular sermon
(d) Begin painting the house

5. Why is Jessie angry at Norman?
(a) Because he left him at the bend of the river to go fishing by himself
(b) Because he forgot to put the picnic basket in the car
(c) Because he insulted her mother
(d) Because he will not teach her how to fly fish

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of Norman's brother-in-law?

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

3. What does Paul put in the river?

4. Why does Norman think that Paul stays close to him while fishing?

5. How is Old Rawhide dressed when Norman and Paul drop her off in town?

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