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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Tex Akers do when Norman refuses to give him what he wants?
(a) He skips out.
(b) He hires an extra crew so they can finish the work faster.
(c) He finishes the construction work.
(d) He starts a new business.

2. What is the book about that Sheldon is writing?
(a) The homosexuality of Balzac.
(b) The mating habits of horses.
(c) The homosexuality of General Pershing.
(d) The homosexuality of King Arthur.

3. What will happen to Norman if Esme has her baby while on the island?
(a) He will be responsible for Esme for the rest of her life.
(b) He will be responsible for the child for the rest of its life.
(c) As her employer, he will be the baby's legal father.
(d) All answers are correct.

4. Who is Tex Akers?
(a) A contractor from Texas.
(b) An old college friend of Henny's.
(c) The perfect man to get their daughter away from Sheldon.
(d) A businessman from New Orleans.

5. Who does Norman depend on to pull off the Tilson party without a hitch?
(a) Church.
(b) Virgil.
(c) Shiela.
(d) Iris.

6. What makes Norman panic when he gets off Mrs. Ball's new boat?
(a) He has no identification or money with him.
(b) He is supposed to be at the airport and he is late.
(c) He sees the French water barge Thor was supposed to flag down.
(d) He has no way to get back across to the Gull Reef Club.

7. What happens that causes Chunky Collins to hide under a table?
(a) An angry husband comes looking for him.
(b) A terrible thunder storm.
(c) They are playing the Kinjan national game, hide and seek.
(d) An earthquake.

8. Why are Mr. and Mrs. Harmer ready to check out early a second time?
(a) They find Church in their bed with the pregnant chambermaid.
(b) They prefer a quieter place.
(c) They order room service that never arrives.
(d) They don't like the service.

9. How is Norman's heart handling all the stress of running the club?
(a) He is feeling younger and healthier than ever.
(b) He is too busy to know.
(c) His palipitations are getting worse.
(d) His palpitations are getting less severe.

10. Who looks familiar to Norman Paperman when they meet?
(a) Govenor Sanders.
(b) Iris Tramm, Bob Cohn's date.
(c) Mrs. Ball, Bob Cohn's date.
(d) Iris Tramm, Thor's girlfriend.

11. What is Norman Paperman's job before going to Amerigo?
(a) A Broadway producer.
(b) A Broadway press agent.
(c) A newspaper reporter.
(d) A magazine writer.

12. What does Tex Akers tell Norman after breaking a huge hole in the wall?
(a) He needs all the money so he can pay his men in advance.
(b) He needs $2,000 to pay for supplies.
(c) His men are on strike.
(d) The club has termites.

13. What does Iris say when Norman is surprised by her racist comments?
(a) That she isn't a racist, she just hates the govenor.
(b) That she isn't a racist if she hates whites more than blacks.
(c) That she doesn't like anybody much, but likes blacks more than whites.
(d) That he's crazy if he thinks that about her.

14. How does Henny feel about the island at first sight?
(a) She wants to go home.
(b) She loves it.
(c) She has reservations about it.
(d) She hates it.

15. Who disturbs the solitude of Iris and Norman's picnic?
(a) Meadows.
(b) Mrs. Ball.
(c) The Govenor.
(d) Bob Cohn.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who did Iris Tramm once work for?

2. Who is Norman Paperman?

3. What stands out most about Lester Atlas?

4. How does Norman wake up on his second day as owner of the Gull Reef Club?

5. Why doesn't Norman Paperman return to New York with Lester?

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