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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 do Norman and Mr. Maclean react after the tragedy?
(a) They seek counseling.
(b) They make the appropriate phone calls.
(c) They send flowers.
(d) They both carry a lot of guilt.

2. What happens to humiliate Paul?
(a) He falls down outside a bar.
(b) He has to be bailed out of jail by Norman.
(c) He is rejected by a woman in a bar.
(d) He does not have enough money to pay his bar tab.

3. Other than fish, what else did the brothers do?
(a) Fistfight
(b) Go swimming
(c) Play cards
(d) Build model planes

4. Norman is a fly fisherman and Jessie's brother is a __________________________.
(a) amateur fisherman
(b) bait fisherman
(c) professional fisherman
(d) saltwater fisherman

5. What profession does Norman and Paul's father have?
(a) Methodist minister
(b) Presbyterian minister
(c) Jewish rabbi
(d) Episcopalian minister

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens in the middle of the night?

2. What happens when the family decides to leave?

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

4. What does Norman and Paul's father do with them?

5. After Norman is married, he asks Paul to do him what favor?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who are the two brothers in the story?

2. Who arrives to surprise Norman and Paul at the cabin?

3. What do Norman's wife and mother-in-law finally realize about Neal?

4. Why does Paul try to avoid Norman?

5. Why does Norman not remain to fish with Neal?

6. What do Norman and Paul find when they return to the spot where they left the car?

7. What is Reverend Maclean's second passion after religion?

8. What is Norman's reaction to the phone call?

9. Where do Norman and Paul escape from Norman's family problems a few days later?

10. What favor does Norman ask of his brother, Paul?

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