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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book Three, Characters in Nature: Little, But Strong and Closing the Door.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When Gus awakes in "the River Writes" what does he see in nature?
(a) Death.
(b) Life.
(c) The answer to his existence.
(d) The Garden Queen's robe.

2. What story does Bigeater tell Gus and Ma?
(a) Of the young men who listened to the Spirits.
(b) Of the young men who killed too many fish
(c) Of the young men who were consumed by fire.
(d) Of the young men who thought they had all of the answers.

3. Who were Gus's closest neighbors at the cabin?
(a) A rancher and his family.
(b) A tree farmer and his wife.
(c) A dairy farmer and his family.
(d) A fisherman and his wife.

4. What will Gus and Titus trade?
(a) Girls for bourbon.
(b) Secrets for secrets.
(c) Dinner for love advice.
(d) Fishing for philosophy.

5. How does Ma view dams?
(a) She feels they are a necessary evil.
(b) She hates them for destroying the salmon.
(c) She thinks they are needed.
(d) She applauds them for what they do.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Gus do about his depression?

2. What is Gus's digression all about at the end of "The Undoing of a Scientific Angler"?

3. Why doesn't Gus eat his five pounds of oranges?

4. Why do Titus and Gus go to Portland?

5. What is the origin of the creek as Gus finds out.

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