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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 Paperman's wife think about buying the Gull Reef Club?
(a) She is too ill to care.
(b) She is against it.
(c) She is supportive.
(d) She is going to divorce him.

2. What does Norman Paperman notice about the Kinjan people?
(a) They sing all the time.
(b) They don't live well.
(c) They like to dance.
(d) They talk a lot.

3. What makes Norman panic when he gets off Mrs. Ball's new boat?
(a) He sees the French water barge Thor was supposed to flag down.
(b) He has no identification or money with him.
(c) He has no way to get back across to the Gull Reef Club.
(d) He is supposed to be at the airport and he is late.

4. What does Iris tell Norman after the rain stops their kiss?
(a) To go home and not return without his wife.
(b) To go home and never come back.
(c) To leave his wife and stay with her.
(d) To come back to her room for the night.

5. Who is Tex Akers?
(a) A contractor from Texas.
(b) The perfect man to get their daughter away from Sheldon.
(c) A businessman from New Orleans.
(d) An old college friend of Henny's.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Norman Paperman?

2. Why does Gilbert quit?

3. How does Senator Pullman help Lionel get the fish he caught on the airplane?

4. How does Norman handle the loss of Thor?

5. What is a cistern?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Norman need to talk to Lester about the deal for the purchase of the Gull Reef Club?

2. From what Mrs. Ball tells him about the club, what does Norman think about it?

3. What does Henny seem most excited about when seeing the island and the Gull Reef Club?

4. What happens to Lorna the switchboard operator at the club in Chapter 8?

5. Who shows up and breaks the solitude of Iris and Norman's picnic while spending the day together?

6. What happens with Tex Akers, the builder Norman hires to do the construction work for the new rooms?

7. What other shock does Norman have about the financing for the Gull Reef Club?

8. What is in the letter Norman receives from Lester?

9. On whose good will does Norman learn that the club keeps running smoothly, and how does he learn that?

10. What does Norman have to do after failing to flag down the water barge?

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