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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Other than fish, what else did the brothers do?
(a) Build model planes
(b) Go swimming
(c) Fistfight
(d) Play cards

3. Why does Norman think that Paul needs help?
(a) Because Paul drinks too much and gets in bar fights
(b) Because Paul has large gambling debts.
(c) Because Paul has been diagnosed with cancer.
(d) Because Paul cannot keep a job.

4. Where do Norman and Paul fish?
(a) The Colorado River
(b) The Missouri River
(c) The Mississippi River
(d) The Blackfoot River

5. What do Neal and Old Rawhide want to do with Norman and Paul?
(a) go fishing
(b) play cards
(c) go to the movies
(d) race cars

6. What kind of personality does Norman's brother-in-law have?
(a) Difficult
(b) Engaging
(c) Funny
(d) Pleasant

7. How does Norman get the news?
(a) In a phone call in the middle of the night
(b) By messenger
(c) By letter
(d) By telegram

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

9. Who in the family becomes an expert fisherman?
(a) Paul
(b) Mr. Maclean
(c) Mrs. Maclean
(d) Norman

10. Who speaks often of the tragedy?
(a) Norman and Mr. Maclean
(b) Norman and Jessie's mother
(c) Norman and Jessie
(d) Norman and Neal

11. Who in the family remains an average fisherman?
(a) Norman
(b) Mrs. Maclean
(c) Paul
(d) Mr. Maclean

12. Norman is a fly fisherman and Jessie's brother is a __________________________.
(a) professional fisherman
(b) amateur fisherman
(c) saltwater fisherman
(d) bait fisherman

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

14. How do Norman and Mr. Maclean react after the tragedy?
(a) They send flowers.
(b) They both carry a lot of guilt.
(c) They make the appropriate phone calls.
(d) They seek counseling.

15. 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. What does Paul put in the river?

2. Who catches the most fish on this day?

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

4. The story is an _________________ one.

5. Who helps take Neal upstairs to bed?

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