A River Runs Through It

According to Paul, why do people migrate to the West Coast?

•  Because they are afraid of fly-fishing
• Because they prefer bait-fishing
• Because they failed at fly-fishing
• Because they prefer fishing in the ocean

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CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

CCSS.RL.6.6

One of the things that the narrator remembers “longest” about Paul is his “business about liking to _______________.

• drive fast
• drink
• bet
• fish

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CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.5.6

How did Norman and Paul learn to cast “Presbyterian-style”?

• on a metronome
• on their father's chanting
• by reading a book
• by wearing gloves

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CCSS.RL.11-12.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

CCSS.RI. 9-10.1

CCSS.RI.11-12.1

CCSS.RI.8.1

What occupation does the young Paul MacLean select?

• minister
• professional boxer
• journalist/reporter
• fly-fisherman

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CCSS.RI.11-12.9

CCSS.RI.9-10.9

CCSS.RL.11-12.9

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

CCSS.RL.K.6

What does the desk sargeant warn Norman about when it comes to Paul?

• He is getting into too many fights
• He is spending too much time with Indian women.
• He is cheating too many people out of money in Wolf Creek
• He is gambling too much in Hot Springs

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CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

At the beginning of World War I, Norman takes a job working for the United States Forest Service.  Why does he do this?

• He had always been interested in forestry.
• He was encouraged to do so by his father.
• There was a shortage of men.
• There was money to be had doing that kind of work.

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CCSS.RI.2.1

CCSS.RI.3.1

CCSS.RL.1.1

CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.3.1

Which phrase best describes Paul’s character?

• carefree; untroubled by the world around him
• eager; motivated to take on the world and its problems
• selfish; cared only about his needs and wants
• withdrawn; refused help for himself but helpful to others

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CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.7

“ He told us about Christ's disciples being fishermen, and we were left to assume, as my brother and I did, that all first-class fishermen on the Sea of Galilee were fly fishermen and that John, the favorite, was a dry-fly fisherman.”  What literary device can be found here?

• metaphor
• personification
• allusion
• anaphora

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CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

“At sunrise everything is luminous but not clear. It is those we live with and love and should know who elude us. You can love completely without complete understanding.”  

• chiasmus
• paradox
• allusion
• metaphor

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CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.2.6

“She knew how to clean fish when the men forgot to, and she knew how to cook them, and, most important, she knew always to peer into the fisherman's basket and exclaim "My, my!" so she knew all that any woman of her time knew about fishing, although it is also true that she knew absolutely nothing about fishing.”

• chiasmus
• anaphora
• metaphor
• paradox

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CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3