2. Who is Nick with in this story?
(a) His best friend.
(b) His father and brother.
(c) His father and uncle.
(d) His father and cousin.

3. Who is Nick's younger sister?
(a) Littless.
(b) Lizanne.
(c) Lisianthus.
(d) Lisbeth.

4. To what state is Nick headed in this story?
(a) Mississippi.
(b) Alabama.
(c) Missouri.
(d) Tennessee.

5. Who is with Nick in this story?
(a) His Boy Scout troop.
(b) His father and brother.
(c) His father and cousin.
(d) His father and uncle.

6. Who tends the counter at the restaurant?
(a) Harry.
(b) George.
(c) Sam.
(d) Max.

7. Who is the soldier who has been drunk for about two solid weeks?
(a) Carter.
(b) Carpenter.
(c) Carper.
(d) Carson.

8. What does Nick's uncle think he is?
(a) A coward.
(b) A good writer.
(c) A hero.
(d) A master fisherman.

9. What town is the location of this story?
(a) Petersburg.
(b) Petrofsky.
(c) Pittsburgh.
(d) Petoskey.

10. What upsetting information does Nick's father tell Nick?
(a) The family is moving away.
(b) Nick's grandmother died.
(c) Prudence was playing with another boy.
(d) His dog was hit by a car.

11. What is Nick's father's occupation?
(a) Professor.
(b) Accountant.
(c) Lawyer.
(d) Doctor.

12. In what town did Nick grow up?
(a) Paducah.
(b) Pittsfield.
(c) Phillipsburg.
(d) Petoskey.

13. Who is Nick reminded of when crossing the Mississippi?
(a) Tecumseh.
(b) His father.
(c) Daniel Boone.
(d) Mark Twain.

14. What else do Nick and his father discuss as they leave the Indian camp?
(a) Fishing.
(b) Death.
(c) Girls.
(d) Hunting.

15. What does the editor say about the stories?
(a) They are largely incoherent.
(b) The author was incoherent.
(c) They are riotously funny.
(d) They have never been arranged into a coherent whole.