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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "It's Not Just Fishing, It's Fate," what kind of fish was featured?

2. What marked Jake's grave?

3. In "Take a Grownup Fishing," what did Hill say adults would find through fishing?

4. In "Some Things Never Change," what did Hill say was the same between him and the cavemen?

5. In "Duck Hunters' Wives," where did the ideal wife develop her sweet voice?

Short Essay Questions

1. In "Observations and Insights," where did Hill say the biggest fish could always be found?

2. What was a Low Rod according to Hill?

3. What was "Once a Salmon Sang to Me" about?

4. What was "Time . . . And This Place" about?

5. In "The Unseen Egg," how did Hill say hunting and fishing differed from most other sports?

6. In "Letter to an Angler," what did Hill say a fisherman needed to realize?

7. In "It's Not Just Fishing, It's Fate," what awed Hill about fishing?

8. Why did Hill say he loved his "Equipment Time"?

9. In "What Makes a Hunter?," what made a hunter successful?

10. In "Lost," what did Hill say one had to do to find oneself?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Friendship is a strong theme throughout the book. Where are some places that this theme appears, and how do the characters touched by it react? How do certain friendships change over the course of Hill's life, and what causes these changes?

Essay Topic 2

Where did Hill use personification in his articles, and how were those articles different from the other articles in the collection?

Essay Topic 3

How did Hill feel about nature, and how did these feelings affect his life?

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