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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 happens to the cistern?
(a) It overflows from all the rain.
(b) It is contaminated.
(c) It cracks and is leaking water.
(d) They find Church's body in it.

2. What does Norman do after being bitten by the ants?
(a) He steps on them.
(b) He jumps into the club's pool.
(c) He runs naked into the sea.
(d) He sprays them with insecticide.

3. Who is Russell?
(a) Sheldon's roommate.
(b) Hazel's son.
(c) One of the neighborhood kids.
(d) Sheldon's three-year-old son.

4. Who saves Norman from drowning the first day at the Gull Reef Club?
(a) Thor.
(b) Bob Cohn.
(c) Mrs. Ball.
(d) Shiela.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Norman get the deposit money to buy the Gull Reef Club?

2. What happens to Henny before her flight back to the island?

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

4. Why is Henny so excited when Norman returns from his appointment with Chunky Collins?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. The Tilson party is an event that can make or break the Gull Reef Club. What does Norman know is the most important factor in pulling off the party?

2. Why does Norman need to talk to Lester about the deal for the purchase of the Gull Reef Club?

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

4. What happens at the club because of the second earthquake on the island?

5. What happens with Tex Akers, the builder Norman hires to do the construction work for the new rooms?

6. What crisis results from Miss Buckley of the Immigration Office?

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

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

9. How do Norman's Broadway friends feel about his interest in buying a Caribbean club and moving to the islands?

10. What is Lionel Williams' reaction to the island?

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