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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. How does Thor explain the large number of employees at the club?
(a) It is better to have too many than not enough.
(b) The employees stick together and if you fire one you lose them all.
(c) Kinjan help isn't paid well, and aren't very hard working.
(d) The club requires a lot more work than Norman thinks.

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

3. What do Norman and Senator Pullman decide to do when they look at the cistern?
(a) Order a new cistern.
(b) Drill a well and do away with the outdated cistern.
(c) Release the water to the bottom of the crack so it can be repaired.
(d) Convert sea water to drinking water.

4. 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 come back to her room for the night.
(d) To go home and never come back.

5. What does Tex Akers tell Norman he wants before he can start work on Norman's second day as owner of the club?
(a) Another $1,000.
(b) Drinks for his men.
(c) A delivery of construction material.
(d) Another crew of workers.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is Senator Pullman extradited to Florida?

2. Who does Miss Buckley come to see Norman about?

3. Who is Tex Akers?

4. How does Norman handle the loss of Thor?

5. What does Norman find in his room after he awakens from his nap on his second day as owner of the Gull Reef Club?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What does Norman notice about the people of the island?

3. What is in the letter Norman receives from Lester?

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

5. How does Norman's second day on the island start?

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

7. What happens when Henny and Norman find out that Sheldon is still married and has a son?

8. 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?

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

10. What happens to Lorna the switchboard operator at the club in Chapter 8?

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