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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 "Once a Salmon Sang to Me," what was the fisherman thanked for?

2. In "Letter to an Angler," what did Hill say a fisherman must understand?

3. In "Equipment Time," what did Hill say he felt going through his equipment was like?

4. In "Lost," Hill said he would prefer to get lost rather than what?

5. In "The Hunter: Real and Rare," what animal was featured?

Short Essay Questions

1. What did Hill say The Idler fantasized about?

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

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

4. In "The Gentle Giant of Time," how did Hill prefer to chop down the dead limb and why?

5. What joke was Hill making in "Take a Grownup Fishing"?

6. In "No, I Have Not Thanked a Green Plant Today--I've Been Busy," what kind of argument did Hill say he wanted to use?

7. How was "Waterfowling" different from Hill's other articles?

8. What was a Low Rod according to Hill?

9. In "Letter to an Angler," what did Hill say fishing was about?

10. What was "Bass Are Not Bucketmouths" about?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Who was the chairman, and why was this analogy used by Hill?

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

Which article in this book did you relate to most and why?

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