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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Why does Norman refuse to complain to Jim about his sawing?
(a) Because Jim will think he is a cry baby
(b) Because Jim will call him names
(c) Because Jim will fire him
(d) Because Jim will think he has won some unspoken war

3. Why kind of personality does Jim have?
(a) He is quiet and shy.
(b) He is always laughing.
(c) He is very charming.
(d) He is difficult to get along with.

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

5. What does Norman think gyppoing would do for him?
(a) Give him some fine motor skills
(b) Build up his upper body strength
(c) Help him earn extra money for graduate school
(d) Develop his artistic sensibilities

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

7. What is the subject of Jim's latest brags?
(a) A new boat he has bought
(b) A one-month European vacation
(c) A deer he had hunted and killed
(d) Jim's conquest of a large woman

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

9. How is Jim built?
(a) He has really long arms.
(b) He is tall and lanky.
(c) He has a beer belly.
(d) He is a large man.

10. What form is the final communication Norman receives from Jim?
(a) An e-mail
(b) A fax
(c) A long letter
(d) A short note

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

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

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

14. What else does Jim gloat about?
(a) Logging and the work he hopes to do next summer
(b) The vacation he is going to take
(c) How beautiful his ex-wife is
(d) How much money he made this year

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Jim do that Norman finds it difficult to maintain?

2. Why does Norman agree to gyppo instead of work for wages?

3. How does Norman end each day?

4. To whom does Jim introduce Norman?

5. What is gyppoing?

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