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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 does Ma write to Gus after she reads the interview?
(a) She is curious.
(b) She is angry with Gus for duping Dutch.
(c) She is proud of Gus for duping Dutch.
(d) She is sad that Gus would dupe Dutch.

2. What is the L.Q.B.S.?
(a) Long Quests Bound for Somewhere.
(b) A system Gus creates to balance his life.
(c) Lots of Questions Bill Bob Seeks.
(d) A system Ma creates for the family to balance their lives.

3. When Gus awakes in "the River Writes" what does he see in nature?
(a) Death.
(b) Life.
(c) The Garden Queen's robe.
(d) The answer to his existence.

4. How does Ma view dams?
(a) She feels they are a necessary evil.
(b) She applauds them for what they do.
(c) She thinks they are needed.
(d) She hates them for destroying the salmon.

5. What metaphor does Gus use about Mikey and Show and Tell?
(a) A fat pencil.
(b) A snake.
(c) A pet rabbit.
(d) A stuffed bear.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Bill Bob spend his time at dinner as told by Gus in "Voiding My Rheum"?

2. What does Gus do to Sigrid at the end of the chapter "Neighbors"?

3. How does Ma speak to Henning during their disagreement at the dinner table in "Voiding My Rheum"?

4. Why is Gus so taken by the girl in the tree in "The Warble of the Water Owl"?

5. Why is Gus bothered by the old man that he meets at Shat Creek in the chapter "Dutch"?

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