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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. Eventually how does Norman come to feel about Jim?
(a) He considers him like a brother.
(b) He hates him.
(c) He is his best friend.
(d) He can take him or leave him.

2. What happens by the end of the summer?
(a) Norman and Jim have a huge fight.
(b) Norman and Jim decide to room together.
(c) Norman agrees to work with Jim next summer.
(d) Norman and Jim decide never to talk to each other again.

3. Jim's stories bore Norman to the point of ___________________.
(a) tears
(b) anger
(c) hysteria
(d) frustration

4. What is gyppoing?
(a) A method of applying lacquer to wood finishes
(b) An intricate method of cutting designs into paper
(c) A very delicate and finely balanced type of circus act
(d) A method of logging where payment is made by the number of board feet cut per day

5. How does Norman meet Jim Grierson?
(a) They grew up together.
(b) They are college roommates.
(c) They are pen pals.
(d) They spent a summer logging in the woods on the Blackfoot River.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens at the end of the season?

2. How does Norman feel when the communications from Jim stop coming?

3. How does Norman end each day?

4. To whom does Jim introduce Norman?

5. Why is Norman always determined to stay up with Jim's pace?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Norman observe about Jim's behavior with the other men?

2. Where is the location of the woods where Norman works?

3. Why does Norman make this decision?

4. What does Norman agree to do by the end of the summer?

5. How does Norman regain some composure after his trying days with Jim?

6. What happens when Jim invites Norman to his home for dinner?

7. What does Jim never eat at breakfast?

8. What does Norman fear about Jim?

9. How does Norman perceive Jim?

10. How does Norman come to feel about Jim?

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