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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Who has asked Norman to help his brother-in-law?
(a) His mother-in-law
(b) His father
(c) His wife
(d) His mother

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

4. What does Paul hope to avoid?
(a) Any confrontation from Norman about Paul's behavior the last time they were together
(b) Any interaction with Jessie
(c) A sunburn
(d) Insect bites

5. What happens to humiliate Paul?
(a) He is rejected by a woman in a bar.
(b) He has to be bailed out of jail by Norman.
(c) He does not have enough money to pay his bar tab.
(d) He falls down outside a bar.

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

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

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

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

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

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

12. What is the name of Norman's brother-in-law?
(a) Neal
(b) James
(c) Alan
(d) Robert

13. Why do Norman and Paul have to move to a new fishing hole?
(a) Because too many people are fishing in the area.
(b) Because they want to be closer to Mr. Maclean
(c) Because the fish have stopped biting in this area.
(d) Because Paul throws rocks into the river and ruins the hole.

14. What does Norman ask Paul?
(a) If he needs any help paying for the damage done in the bar fight
(b) If he will be the godfather to his new son
(c) If he brought any beer to the picnic
(d) If he will lend him some money

15. 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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why do Paul and Norman stop fishing to return to the others?

2. What is notable about Old Rawhide's derriere?

3. Who never speaks of the tragedy?

4. Who catches the most fish on this day?

5. Why does Norman feel he cannot help Paul?

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