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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through USFS 1919: The Ranger, the Cook, and a Hole in the Sky.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is gyppoing?
(a) A method of logging where payment is made by the number of board feet cut per day
(b) A method of applying lacquer to wood finishes
(c) An intricate method of cutting designs into paper
(d) A very delicate and finely balanced type of circus act

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

3. What does Norman feel Jim is doing all summer?
(a) Improving his reading skills
(b) Trying to improve his social standing
(c) Working on his upper body strength
(d) Waging an undeclared war

4. What happens a few days later?
(a) Jim's ex-wife flirts with Norman.
(b) Norman leaves for school.
(c) Norman asks Jim to see one of his prostitutes.
(d) They get a really big snow storm.

5. Why does Norman refuse to complain to Jim about his sawing?
(a) Because Jim will think he has won some unspoken war
(b) Because Jim will fire him
(c) Because Jim will call him names
(d) Because Jim will think he is a cry baby

Short Answer Questions

1. How old is Norman when he works for the United States Forest Service?

2. What has made packing now obsolete?

3. To whom does Jim introduce Norman?

4. How does Jim insist on staying in contact with Norman?

5. What happens by the end of the summer?

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