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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. Who does Lionel impart much gossip and curiosity to while in the bar?
(a) Lester Atlas.
(b) Norman Paperman.
(c) Henny Paperman.
(d) Iris Tramm/Janet West.

2. Who does most of the bookkeeping at the Gull Reef Club?
(a) Mrs. Ball.
(b) Thor, the Swedish bartender.
(c) Juanita, the Spanish bookkeeper.
(d) Shiela, the Kinjan.

3. What does Iris tell Norman after the rain stops their kiss?
(a) To leave his wife and stay with her.
(b) To go home and not return without his wife.
(c) To go home and never come back.
(d) To come back to her room for the night.

4. What does Norman want to change about the brochures advertising the club?
(a) It states that for every minute guests wait for service a dollar is subtracted from their bill.
(b) It states that if you are not picked up from the airport immediately you get a free night stay.
(c) It states that everyone gets personal service or their stay is free.
(d) It states that guests are personally picked up at the airport.

5. What does Norman discover while snorkeling?
(a) A leopard ray fish.
(b) A sunken ship wreck.
(c) All answers are correct.
(d) Bigger and brighter fish than he'd seen before.

Short Answer Questions

1. What shocks Norman most when he gets aboard Mrs. Ball's new boat?

2. When did the United States acquire the island of Kinja?

3. Who looks familiar to Norman Paperman when they meet?

4. What does Lionel see when he goes with Bob Cohn?

5. What stands out most about Lester Atlas?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who shows up and breaks the solitude of Iris and Norman's picnic while spending the day together?

2. What does Henny seem most excited about when seeing the island and the Gull Reef Club?

3. Why do Henny and Norman dislike Sheldon Klug?

4. What other shock does Norman have about the financing for the Gull Reef Club?

5. How does Norman know Lester Atlas and why does he take him along to the island?

6. Why do Henny and Norman call Sheldon "The Sending?"

7. From what Mrs. Ball tells him about the club, what does Norman think about it?

8. What does Norman have to do after failing to flag down the water barge?

9. On whose good will does Norman learn that the club keeps running smoothly, and how does he learn that?

10. What good news and bad news does Henny have in a letter she wrote to Norman?

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