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

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

3. How does Gus become "famous" in the chapter "Hemingway"?
(a) He catches a 10 pound fish with the dairy kids.
(b) He gets in a car crash while hitching back home and saves the driver.
(c) He saves one of the dairy kids from a hunting accident.
(d) He saves a man drowning in the river.

4. What story does Bigeater tell Gus and Ma?
(a) Of the young men who killed too many fish
(b) Of the young men who were consumed by fire.
(c) Of the young men who listened to the Spirits.
(d) Of the young men who thought they had all of the answers.

5. What is the conversation between Ma and Pa about at most dinners?
(a) Fishing.
(b) Finances.
(c) Neighbors.
(d) The boy's education.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. In the beginning of "The River Writes" how does Gus now view himself in regard to fishing?

3. Why does Ma write to Gus after she reads the interview?

4. What makes the mountain shameful to Gus in "The River Writes"?

5. What do Ernie, Emma, and the kids give to Gus in return for fishing lessons?

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