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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. What does Norman ask Paul?
(a) If he will be the godfather to his new son
(b) If he needs any help paying for the damage done in the bar fight
(c) If he brought any beer to the picnic
(d) If he will lend him some money

2. Why does Norman feel he cannot help Paul?
(a) Because he does not know him well enough to talk to him about it
(b) Because he does not like to get involved in other people's business
(c) Because he is not trained in psychology
(d) Because he was never good at this kind of thing.

3. Why do Paul and Norman stop fishing to return to the others?
(a) Because it gets dark
(b) Because they are getting sunburned
(c) Because it starts to rain
(d) Because the fish are not biting

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. The story is an _________________ one.

2. What is the name of Norman's brother-in-law?

3. Who speaks often of the tragedy?

4. What do Norman and Mr. Maclean talk about while watching Paul fish?

5. Why do Norman and Paul get a late start the next morning?

Short Essay Questions

1. Neal declares that he wants to fish but what does he do instead?

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

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

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

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

6. What is the occupation of Norman and Paul's father?

7. Why does Paul try to avoid Norman?

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

9. On what is the story based?

10. Where do the two brothers go fishing?

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