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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through A River Runs Through It.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What happens when the family decides to leave?
(a) Jessie decides that she wants to stay.
(b) It finally stops raining.
(c) Norman offers to bring them back tomorrow.
(d) Norman and Paul have to push the truck out of the mud.

2. What do Norman and Mr. Maclean talk about while watching Paul fish?
(a) Paul
(b) the church
(c) Mrs. Maclean
(d) Neal

3. What do Norman and Paul see when they return from fishing?
(a) A rainbow
(b) An approaching thunderstorm
(c) A group of kids skinny dipping in the river
(d) Neal and Old Rawhide asleep, naked in the sun

4. What do the brothers and their father do at the end of the day?
(a) Hike along the riverbank
(b) Spread out the fish they have caught and take pictures
(c) Grab some dinner before returning home
(d) Go to the bar for a few drinks

5. After Norman is married, he asks Paul to do him what favor?
(a) Help him move to a new house
(b) Take his brother-in-law fishing
(c) Help him tune his car
(d) Help him paint his house

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is Jessie angry at Norman?

2. Why does Norman think that Paul stays close to him while fishing?

3. How does Norman get the news?

4. Who in the family remains an average fisherman?

5. One day when Norman and Paul are fishing, Neal arrives with a woman named Old Rawhide that he met ___________________.

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