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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Norman not suggest to Jim?
(a) That they invest in real estate
(b) That they become partners again
(c) That they join a bowling team
(d) That they go to a movie

2. What happens to ruin this good feeling?
(a) He reads the evening paper.
(b) He watches the evening news.
(c) He has to return to camp and encounter Jim again.
(d) He reads his mail which is mostly bills.

3. What else does Jim do during the winter?
(a) He rehabs old houses.
(b) He volunteers at a homeless center.
(c) He works on cars.
(d) He reads voraciously.

4. How does Norman try to avoid altercations with Jim?
(a) He tries to stay out of his way.
(b) He does not speak to Jim.
(c) He works on alternate days.
(d) He keeps a cool head.

5. How old is Norman when he first meets Jim?
(a) In his early twenties
(b) Seventeen
(c) Thirty
(d) Twenty-seven

6. How does Norman feel when the communications from Jim stop coming?
(a) Happy
(b) Angry
(c) Sad
(d) Relieved

7. What does Norman fear about an encounter with Jim?
(a) That Norman will run away in fear.
(b) That Jim could outtalk Norman any day.
(c) That Norman would not win in a fistfight with Jim.
(d) That Jim would challenge Norman to a fight.

8. How does Jim abuse men?
(a) He flirts with their wives.
(b) He engages in power struggles all the time.
(c) He hits them on the jaw.
(d) He picks fights.

9. Why is Norman always determined to stay up with Jim's pace?
(a) He wants a good performance review.
(b) He never wants Jim to win out over him.
(c) He wants to earn more money than Jim.
(d) He wants to build his upper body strength.

10. What does Norman agree to do with Jim?
(a) Take a vacation
(b) Move in together
(c) Have a drink
(d) Go into business together

11. What is the subject of Jim's latest brags?
(a) A new boat he has bought
(b) Jim's conquest of a large woman
(c) A deer he had hunted and killed
(d) A one-month European vacation

12. What does Jim enjoy doing at the camp?
(a) Playing cards
(b) Writing letters
(c) Causing trouble
(d) Singing camp songs

13. In what area of Montana do Jim and Norman work?
(a) The Missouri River area
(b) The Yellowstone River area
(c) The Bitterroot River area
(d) The Blackfoot River area

14. What does Norman take away from his experience with Jim?
(a) How to split a log
(b) How to cook Shrimp Scampi
(c) How to avoid competition in personal relationships
(d) How to be a good pimp

15. How does Norman feel about Jim after the affair?
(a) He hates Jim all the more.
(b) He knows that it takes two to have an affair.
(c) He thinks Jim is always going to behave this way.
(d) He is amazed that Jim could attract a beautiful woman.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens by the end of the summer?

2. How does Norman meet Jim Grierson?

3. Why does Norman accept the invitation?

4. What does Jim never eat at breakfast?

5. What does Jim complain to the cooks about?

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