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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. One day when Norman and Paul are fishing, Neal arrives with a woman named Old Rawhide that he met ___________________.
(a) at a bar
(b) at a seminar
(c) at the country club
(d) at church

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

3. What happens when the family decides to leave?
(a) Norman and Paul have to push the truck out of the mud.
(b) Jessie decides that she wants to stay.
(c) It finally stops raining.
(d) Norman offers to bring them back tomorrow.

4. What does Paul put in the river?
(a) beer
(b) trash
(c) his boots
(d) soft drinks

5. What profession does Norman and Paul's father have?
(a) Methodist minister
(b) Presbyterian minister
(c) Jewish rabbi
(d) Episcopalian minister

6. Who arrives at the train station a few days later?
(a) Clay
(b) Neal
(c) Martin
(d) Robert

7. What does Norman decide to do because he is frustrated with his family situation?
(a) He asks his wife to go to marriage counseling.
(b) He buys a new car.
(c) He decides to take a trip to Europe.
(d) He spends a few days with Paul at the family cabin.

8. The characters are _____________________.
(a) jealous of each other
(b) not very believable
(c) fictional
(d) larger than life

9. What does Jessie encourage Norman to do with the answer to #22?
(a) Take him to church.
(b) Take him to the country club.
(c) Take him to a ballgame.
(d) Take him to a local bar.

10. What do Norman and Paul see when they return from fishing?
(a) An approaching thunderstorm
(b) Neal and Old Rawhide asleep, naked in the sun
(c) A group of kids skinny dipping in the river
(d) A rainbow

11. The next morning Paul arrives at Norman's house to _________________________________________.
(a) go fishing with Norman and Jessie's family
(b) to get things ready for an auction
(c) help paint the house
(d) to go on a picnic

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

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

14. The story is an _________________ one.
(a) elegant
(b) awkward
(c) emotional
(d) unbelievable

15. What does Norman and Paul's father do with them?
(a) Shows them how to change the oil in the car
(b) Teaches them the proper techniques of fly fishing
(c) Gives them driving lessons
(d) Teaches them to play poker

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who in the family becomes an expert fisherman?

3. What do the brothers always wonder about each other?

4. Why do Norman and Paul get a late start the next morning?

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

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