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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. How long does Gus sleep for after he vomits his breakfast?
(a) Seven days.
(b) Three days.
(c) Two days.
(d) Twenty-four hours.

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

4. What is the difference in philosophies on raising children between Henning and Carolina?
(a) He believes they should do nothing but fish, she disagrees.
(b) She believes in education, he in discipline.
(c) She believes they should do nothing but fish, he disagrees.
(d) He believes in education, she in hands on learning.

5. What was Gus voted in his senior year in high school?
(a) Mr. Fisherman.
(b) Mr. Bait.
(c) Mr. Most-Out-Of-It.
(d) Mr. Fly.

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

7. What does Henning do about the Izaak Walton book to prove to Ma that her opinion of it is wrong?
(a) He reads it to Ma.
(b) He debates with Ma about it.
(c) He gets other experts to authenticate what is written.
(d) He writes an article showing its good points.

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

9. How did Gus react when Henning was going to whup Bill Bob for writing in the book in "Statistical Improbabilities"?
(a) He cried.
(b) He begged his father not to "whup" Bill Bob.
(c) He yelled for his mother.
(d) He howled with laughter.

10. Why did Gnat name the large mouthed bass "Garbage Gut"?
(a) The kids fed the bass real garbage like paper plates and plastic forks.
(b) Large mouthed bass taste like garbage.
(c) Because the bass waited for the picnickers to throw their trash into the river.
(d) Eating this bass would make your gut feel like garbage.

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

12. What confused Ma about the famous book "The Complete Angler" that Henning gave her to read?
(a) The s's looked like f's.
(b) The language.
(c) The ideas.
(d) The reason why Henning owned it.

13. What is Izaak Walton?
(a) A famous fisherman.
(b) A writer about fly-fishing.
(c) An expert on bait fishing.
(d) A friend of Henning's.

14. What does Gus do with his copy of Izaak Walton's book?
(a) He throws it out.
(b) He burns it.
(c) He gives it to his father telling him it is nonsense.
(d) He puts it on his father's shelf to gather cobwebs.

15. How did the three third graders get sick in "Being Educated and Gittin' Brung UP"?
(a) Eating the carp made them sick.
(b) Waiting in the rain to see the carp made them sick.
(c) They drank the water from the sewer.
(d) Handling the carp made them sick.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Gus wonder about his father?

2. What is different about Bill Bob's bicycle?

3. What nickname does Gus give to his father?

4. Why is Gus the one who tucks Bill Bob in at night?

5. What is Henning's issue with his son being called Bill Bob?

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