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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Jim do that Norman finds it difficult to maintain?
(a) Jim increases the rhythm of their sawing.
(b) Jim does 100 push-ups each morning.
(c) Jim trains for a marathon.
(d) Jim increases his vocabulary lessons.

2. With whom does Jim have an affair?
(a) An old flame
(b) His ex-wife
(c) A highly respected local woman
(d) Someone he met in a bar

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

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

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

6. Jim is a big talker and always brags about _____________________.
(a) his bank account
(b) his girlfriend
(c) his new car
(d) his winter job

7. What effect does this work style have on the two men?
(a) They are anxious to come to work each day.
(b) It is the best situation either one has ever experienced.
(c) It is stressful and nerve wracking.
(d) It is very pleasant.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Norman feel Jim is doing all summer?

2. What is the subject of Jim's latest brags?

3. Why is Norman always determined to stay up with Jim's pace?

4. Why does Norman accept the invitation?

5. How does Norman view the answer to #93?

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