Questions
The plane flew over him just after he passed Jim Rennie’s Used Cars, a place for which Barbie had no love. Not that he’d bought a lemon there (he hadn’t owned a car in over a year, had sold the last one in Punta Gorda, Florida). It was just that Jim Rennie Jr. had been one of the fellows that night in Dipper’s parking lot. A frat boy with something to prove, and what he could not prove alone he would prove as part of a group. That was the way the Jim Juniors of the world did business, in Barbie’s experience.
Question 1: What's the meaning of ' what he could not prove alone he would prove as part of a group'?
Question 2: what he could not prove alone he would prove as part of a group == what he could not prove alone WAS THAT he would prove as part of a group? If not, why?
Question 3: In this case, what's the meaning of 'did business'? ( did THINGS? )But it was behind him now. Jim Rennie’s, Jim Junior, Sweetbriar Rose (Fried Clams Our Specialty! Always “Whole ” Never “Strips ”), Angie McCain, Andy Sanders. The whole deal, including Dipper’s. (Beatings Administered in the Parking Lot Our Specialty!) All behind him. And ahead of him? Why, the gates of America. Goodbye smalltown Maine, hello Big Sky.
Question 4: What's the meaning of 'Always “Whole ” Never “Strips ”?
Question 5: In this case, what's the meaning of 'Administered'?Question 6: In this case, what's the meaning of 'the whole deal'?