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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book One, The Compleat Angler: The Ideal Schedule and Voiding My Rheum.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. At what age does Gus come to the conclusion that Izaak Walton's book is useless?
(a) 15.
(b) 30.
(c) 20.
(d) 10.

2. To what does the narrator compare a fish's death?
(a) An infant's birth.
(b) A Baptismal ceremony.
(c) Christmas.
(d) The death of a loved one.

3. What does Gus deem as the crux of Izaak Walton's book?
(a) Religion.
(b) God.
(c) Fishing for a living.
(d) Fishing for fun.

4. What word does Bill Bob first say to Gus?
(a) Dada.
(b) Mama.
(c) Gus.
(d) Potato chip.

5. What does Bill Bob write a check out on for a candy cigarette from Gus?
(a) A fishing manual.
(b) A comic book.
(c) A page of the Bible.
(d) His mother's checkbook.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the L.Q.B.S.?

2. How does Carolina stop Henning from catching the fish he has been trying to reel in all day?

3. Why does Henning laugh a "lunatic laughter" that can be heard around the canyon?

4. What confused Ma about the famous book "The Complete Angler" that Henning gave her to read?

5. What allusion does Gus make to his reading of The Compleat Angler as many times as he did?

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