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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book One, The Compleat Angler: The Great Izaak Walton Conversy: the Parental Version and The Great Izaak Walton Controversy: My Own Rendition.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Carolina stop Henning from catching the fish he has been trying to reel in all day?
(a) She throws her fishing line over his causing it to snap.
(b) She uses a worm and catches it herself.
(c) She flirts with him.
(d) She convinces him that he is caught on the bottom.

2. How is Gus considered by others in the public school system as a young boy?
(a) An enigma.
(b) A mild-mannered freak.
(c) A celebrity.
(d) A hero.

3. What is ironic about the meeting of Carolina and Henning?
(a) Henning won't let her fish.
(b) Carolina loves fly-fishing.
(c) Henning believes she is a he.
(d) Carolina has come to hunt.

4. It is said that fishermen are such statisticians that even the fish were counted on what occasion?
(a) After a shipwreck.
(b) When a boat is lost at sea.
(c) After a severe storm.
(d) With Jesus when he feeds the masses.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What kind of a temperament does Bill Bob have?

2. What happens in the barroom during the honeymoon of Henning and Carolina?

3. What does Henning do to his copy of Izaak Walton's book?

4. What was Gus voted in his senior year in high school?

5. What does Gus equate fly-fishing to for Henning in "The Parental Version"?

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