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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Gus state about his fishing memory?
(a) He only remembers the large fish he catches.
(b) He can remember every number of fish he caught.
(c) He recalls every detail that pertains to fishing.
(d) He recalls very little.

2. How do Zeke's two installments of the story differ?
(a) He changes the dialect.
(b) He becomes agitated for the second installment.
(c) He is drunk for the second installment.
(d) He reinvents the first installment in the second.

3. What does Gus say of devoted people in "Excerpts from the God-notebook"?
(a) That they are warm and friendly people.
(b) That they are pushy, one-sided people.
(c) That they usually keep to themselves.
(d) That they are found to be nervous, belligerent people.

4. How does Ma handle the folk who come "witnessing"?
(a) She greets them with a cup of tea.
(b) She greets them with an outstretched hand.
(c) She greets them with a shotgun.
(d) She greets them with a yell to go away.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

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

4. What does Gus do with the man he found in the water?

5. What does Gus do with his copy of Izaak Walton's book?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Gus describe his parents' relationship?

2. What does Gus see as the problem with Ma's two emotions that Gus describes in full at the end of the chapter "Being Educated & Gittin' Brung Up"?

3. Gus does not believe in the vandalism that teenagers cause. What does he do instead?

4. What happens with Gus and Abe? How does Gus speak to Abe? Why does he speak to Abe in this fashion?

5. Is the argument in "Voiding My Rheum" healing or destructive? Defend your answer.

6. Why does Gus feel sorry for Sigrid the minnow he puts in his tank? What is he learning about himself through his feelings for her?

7. In what ways does Ma use her shotgun and what does this say about her and the way she raises her children?

8. How does Gus plan his life to maximize his fishing time?

9. How does Gus differ from the other children?

10. What is a dreefee and how does it affect the Orviston household?

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