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

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

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

4. 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

5. What does Jim not ask Norman to do?
(a) Be his partner again
(b) Lend him money
(c) Date his ex-wife
(d) Go on vacation with him

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Norman do to revive himself?

2. What happens a few days later?

3. What else does Jim gloat about?

4. Why does this affair especially anger Norman?

5. Why kind of personality does Jim have?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Norman come to feel about Jim?

2. Where is the location of the woods where Norman works?

3. Why does Norman make this decision?

4. What does Norman fear about Jim?

5. How does Norman perceive Jim's letters?

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

7. How does Norman perceive Jim?

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

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

10. What happens when Jim invites Norman to his home for dinner?

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