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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does this affair especially anger Norman?
(a) Jim flaunts his affair to the men in camp.
(b) Norman had wanted to date the woman.
(c) The woman is half Jim's age.
(d) The woman is a friend of Norman's family.

2. What happens a few days later?
(a) Jim's ex-wife flirts with Norman.
(b) They get a really big snow storm.
(c) Norman asks Jim to see one of his prostitutes.
(d) Norman leaves for school.

3. What does Jim invite Norman to do?
(a) Take a road trip
(b) Go out for a couple beers
(c) Have dinner at Norman's home
(d) Go to a ballgame

4. How does Jim get Norman's contact information?
(a) From Norman's last employer
(b) From Norman's family
(c) From the school
(d) From Norman's former girlfriend

5. Why does Norman accept the invitation?
(a) Because he does not have anything better to do
(b) Because he is curious about Jim's house
(c) Because his mother tells him to do it
(d) Out of politeness

6. Which men does Jim especially pick on in camp?
(a) The cooks
(b) The young guys
(c) The new guys
(d) The small guys

7. In what subject does Norman learn lessons during his experience with Jim?
(a) Human nature
(b) Geology
(c) Botany
(d) Accounting

8. Jim's stories bore Norman to the point of ___________________.
(a) anger
(b) tears
(c) hysteria
(d) frustration

9. What happens at the end of the season?
(a) Norman takes a well-deserved vacation.
(b) Norman gets married.
(c) Norman and Jim go fishing together.
(d) Norman runs into Jim in town.

10. What else does Jim do during the winter?
(a) He reads voraciously.
(b) He rehabs old houses.
(c) He volunteers at a homeless center.
(d) He works on cars.

11. What does Norman agree to do with Jim?
(a) Go into business together
(b) Have a drink
(c) Take a vacation
(d) Move in together

12. How does Norman end each day?
(a) Ready for a couple beers
(b) Preparing for the next day
(c) Wishing it were Friday
(d) Sick with exhaustion

13. What does Norman fear about an encounter with Jim?
(a) That Jim would challenge Norman to a fight.
(b) That Norman will run away in fear.
(c) That Jim could outtalk Norman any day.
(d) That Norman would not win in a fistfight with Jim.

14. How old is Norman when he first meets Jim?
(a) Seventeen
(b) Twenty-seven
(c) In his early twenties
(d) Thirty

15. To whom does Jim introduce Norman?
(a) His mother and father
(b) Two women who work for Jim
(c) His ex-wife and kids
(d) His old boss and his wife

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Norman feel about Jim at first sight?

2. What does Jim complain to the cooks about?

3. What does Norman think gyppoing would do for him?

4. What happens by the end of the summer?

5. Why does Jim gravitate toward Norman?

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