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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Why does Norman accept the invitation?

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

4. What happens by the end of the summer?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. How is Jim's behavior at dinner?

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

3. What is the content of Jim's final letter to Norman?

4. What does Norman fear about Jim?

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

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

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

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

9. Why is Norman especially annoyed when Jim has an affair with a local woman?

10. What happens when Norman returns to college?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe the irony in Norman's being punished and sent to a mountaintop location with spectacular vistas. Does Bill know that Norman will not be especially industrious on the mountaintop? Is the lesson one in which Norman is supposed to meditate on his mistakes and emerge with a different point of view? By opening up Norman's vistas, is Bill also opening up his mind and attitude?

Essay Topic 2

Like Neal, Paul also has a problem with alcohol but Paul is able to maintain a home and keep a job. Compare and contrast the characters of Paul and Neal. Unfortunately, Paul's struggle with alcohol has a tragic end. Do you think Paul's personality would have allowed any restrictions or was he a bright flame that was destined to burn out early? What do you think was Neal's fate?

Essay Topic 3

Explain the concept of irony as it relates to Jim's not eating any pie even after he has complained relentlessly that the cooks do not serve any pie for breakfast. Why would Maclean choose to include this example of Jim's behavior? Not having pie for breakfast does not seem like a big infraction, so why does Jim not let it go? Then, after he has accomplished his goal of getting pie served in the mornings, why does he not eat it?

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