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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does Jim force Norman to do?
(a) Listen to his pimping stories
(b) Chug mugs of beer
(c) Loan him money
(d) Pay his rent

3. How soon does Norman regret his decision about Jim?
(a) Six months later
(b) One month later
(c) Three weeks later
(d) Immediately

4. What is Jim's overall personality?
(a) Irritable sometimes but easygoing most of the time
(b) Very gracious and charming
(c) Generous to a fault
(d) Self-centered and determined to prove himself better than everyone else

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

6. Why does Jim gravitate toward Norman?
(a) He senses someone who can keep up with him.
(b) He knows Norman's family.
(c) He has respect for college men.
(d) Norman beat him at arm wrestling.

7. Eventually how does Norman come to feel about Jim?
(a) He considers him like a brother.
(b) He can take him or leave him.
(c) He hates him.
(d) He is his best friend.

8. How does Norman meet Jim Grierson?
(a) They are pen pals.
(b) They are college roommates.
(c) They grew up together.
(d) They spent a summer logging in the woods on the Blackfoot River.

9. What does Jim do during the winter months?
(a) Takes a vacation
(b) Pimps prostitutes
(c) Teaches at a trade school
(d) Takes college classes

10. How does Norman try to avoid altercations with Jim?
(a) He does not speak to Jim.
(b) He keeps a cool head.
(c) He works on alternate days.
(d) He tries to stay out of his way.

11. How does Norman feel when the communications from Jim stop coming?
(a) Relieved
(b) Happy
(c) Angry
(d) Sad

12. What does Jim complain to the cooks about?
(a) That they never have pork.
(b) That they do not serve pie for breakfast
(c) That they always burn the stew
(d) That the portions are not big enough

13. What does Jim never eat at breakfast?
(a) pie
(b) bacon
(c) toast
(d) eggs

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How old is Norman when he first meets Jim?

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

3. Why does Norman refuse to complain to Jim about his sawing?

4. What happens at the end of the season?

5. What does Norman think of this last bit of information?

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