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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) Norman and Paul have to push the truck out of the mud.
(c) It finally stops raining.
(d) Norman offers to bring them back tomorrow.

2. What does Norman and Paul's father do with them?
(a) Teaches them to play poker
(b) Shows them how to change the oil in the car
(c) Teaches them the proper techniques of fly fishing
(d) Gives them driving lessons

3. One day when Norman and Paul are fishing, Neal arrives with a woman named Old Rawhide that he met ___________________.
(a) at a seminar
(b) at church
(c) at a bar
(d) at the country club

4. What does Norman do after he takes Paul and his girlfriend back to Paul's house?
(a) He fixes a pot of coffee.
(b) He berates Paul for bad behavior.
(c) He goes out to get food to fix breakfast for all of them
(d) He goes to his own home.

5. Who speaks often of the tragedy?
(a) Norman and Jessie
(b) Norman and Mr. Maclean
(c) Norman and Neal
(d) Norman and Jessie's mother

Short Answer Questions

1. Where do Norman and Paul fish?

2. Where does Paul suggest that he and Norman take the drunken Neal?

3. Who in the family remains an average fisherman?

4. What is notable about Old Rawhide's derriere?

5. What does Norman ask Paul?

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