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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

4. What does Norman feel Jim is doing all summer?
(a) Improving his reading skills
(b) Trying to improve his social standing
(c) Waging an undeclared war
(d) Working on his upper body strength

5. What is gyppoing?
(a) An intricate method of cutting designs into paper
(b) A method of applying lacquer to wood finishes
(c) A very delicate and finely balanced type of circus act
(d) A method of logging where payment is made by the number of board feet cut per day

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Jim brag about over dinner one night?

3. What does Jim invite Norman to do?

4. What happens a few days later?

5. Why does Norman accept the invitation?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Norman observe about Jim's behavior with the other men?

2. How does Norman perceive Jim?

3. What is Jim's complaint about the cooks?

4. Why does Norman make this decision?

5. What does Jim do while the prostitutes are working?

6. What does Norman agree to do by the end of the summer?

7. What happens when Norman returns to college?

8. What is Jim's wintertime job?

9. What question does Jim not ask Norman at dinner?

10. Who does Norman meet one summer while logging in the woods?

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