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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book Four, The Line of Light: Hemingway and Dutch.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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.

2. Why doesn't Gus want to use the dairy kids' names?
(a) The names sound the same.
(b) He doesn't mind using their names.
(c) They are cartoon character names.
(d) They are pet names.

3. What do Ernie, Emma, and the kids give to Gus in return for fishing lessons?
(a) Hugs.
(b) Fruits and vegetables.
(c) A home cooked meal.
(d) A puppy.

4. What is the girl doing in the tree in the chapter "The Warble of the Water Owl"?
(a) She is sleeping.
(b) She is singing.
(c) She is watching Gus.
(d) She is fishing.

5. Why is Gus bothered by the old man that he meets at Shat Creek in the chapter "Dutch"?
(a) The old man won't stop talking.
(b) The old man is stupid.
(c) The old man scares the fish away.
(d) The old man knows more about fish than Gus does.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why doesn't Gus eat his five pounds of oranges?

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

3. According to Gus in "The Ideal Schedule", what makes fishing even better?

4. What metaphor does Gus use about Mikey and Show and Tell?

5. What annoys Gus about the dairy kids?

(see the answer key)

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