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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. 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 the fish have stopped biting in this area.
(c) Because Paul throws rocks into the river and ruins the hole.
(d) Because they want to be closer to Mr. Maclean

3. Why are Jessie and her mother tending to Jessie's brother?
(a) Because he has broken his arm
(b) Because he has a migraine
(c) Because he has broken his leg
(d) Because he is nursing a hangover

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

5. Who helps take Neal upstairs to bed?
(a) Mr. Maclean
(b) Jessie's mother
(c) Paul
(d) Jessie

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

7. What do the brothers always wonder about each other?
(a) Which one has more money
(b) Which one is tougher
(c) Which one is smarter
(d) Which one is more handsome

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

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

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

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

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

13. Who catches the most fish on this day?
(a) Neal
(b) Mr. Maclean
(c) Paul
(d) Norman

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

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

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 do Norman and Mr. Maclean talk about while watching Paul fish?

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

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

5. Where does Paul suggest that he and Norman take the drunken Neal?

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