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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. In what area of Montana do Jim and Norman work?
2. What does Jim never eat at breakfast?
3. What does Norman think gyppoing would do for him?
4. What does Jim do that Norman finds it difficult to maintain?
5. What does Norman agree to do with Jim?
Short Essay Questions
1. What does Jim do while the prostitutes are working?
2. What does Jim never eat at breakfast?
3. What does Norman fear about Jim?
4. How is Jim's behavior at dinner?
5. What is Jim's complaint about the cooks?
6. What happens when Norman returns to college?
7. What does Norman agree to do by the end of the summer?
8. Why is Norman especially annoyed when Jim has an affair with a local woman?
9. What is the content of Jim's final letter to Norman?
10. How does Norman perceive Jim's letters?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
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 2
The Maclean family learns its lessons through times spent fly fishing. What is the significance of fly fishing and what does it symbolize in the story A River Runs Through It? Do you think Norman and Paul appreciate the metaphors provided by their father? Or do they tire of the examples and consider them to be too nostalgic to be appropriate to their current lives?
Essay Topic 3
Explain the symbolism of Jim's final letter to Norman describing Jim's conquest of a large woman. Why did Jim send such a letter? Does he think the large woman is some sort of trophy? What does he want Norman to know from this letter? Would Jim be surprised to learn that Norman thinks that Jim has finally met his match in the large woman?
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