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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 do the brothers and their father do at the end of the day?
(a) Spread out the fish they have caught and take pictures
(b) Grab some dinner before returning home
(c) Go to the bar for a few drinks
(d) Hike along the riverbank

2. Why do Norman and Paul get a late start the next morning?
(a) They were reading the Sunday paper.
(b) Mrs. Maclean fixes a huge breakfast.
(c) They slept in.
(d) Mr. Maclean cannot find his fishing gear.

3. Norman and Paul's father is as passionate about _____________________ as he is about religion.
(a) fly fishing
(b) metal detecting
(c) cooking
(d) stamp collecting

4. Who never speaks of the tragedy?
(a) Neal
(b) Neal's mother
(c) Jessie
(d) Mrs. Maclean

5. What do Norman and Mr. Maclean talk about while watching Paul fish?
(a) the church
(b) Paul
(c) Mrs. Maclean
(d) Neal

Short Answer Questions

1. One day when Norman and Paul are fishing, Neal arrives with a woman named Old Rawhide that he met ___________________.

2. What profession does Norman and Paul's father have?

3. Why do Norman and Paul have to move to a new fishing hole?

4. What kind of personality does Norman's brother-in-law have?

5. Other than fish, what else did the brothers do?

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