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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book Two, The Undoing of a Scientific Angler: Where I Lived and What I Lived for and Water on the Brain.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Bill Bob playing with when Gus finds him behind the cabin?
(a) Salamanders.
(b) Toads.
(c) Chipmunks.
(d) Squirrels.

2. What does Gus do about his depression?
(a) He fishes less and socializes more.
(b) He visits home.
(c) He cuts himself off from all humans.
(d) He goes to see a psychiatrist.

3. What is Gus's digression all about at the end of "The Undoing of a Scientific Angler"?
(a) Brothers.
(b) Steelheads.
(c) Electricity.
(d) Water.

4. Who/what is Nijinsky as mentioned in Chapter 1?
(a) A fishing rod.
(b) Henning's brother.
(c) The steelhead Hen is trying to catch.
(d) Carolina's nickname.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What allusion is made concerning H2O's need to whip his adversary to death with his fly-wand in "Statistical Improbabilities"?

2. How many hours per year does Gus's ideal schedule entail?

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

4. How does Gus feel after he puts Bill Bob on the bus to go home?

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

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