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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book Three, Characters in Nature: Eddy and Jesus Keeps Fishing.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Gus's digression all about at the end of "The Undoing of a Scientific Angler"?
(a) Steelheads.
(b) Electricity.
(c) Brothers.
(d) Water.

2. What does Gus do to the boy that they call Barf-breath?
(a) He puts fish in his lunch.
(b) He puts crawdads in his salad.
(c) He puts fish in his home aquarium.
(d) He puts fish in the puddle of their driveway.

3. What is the difference in philosophies on raising children between Henning and Carolina?
(a) She believes in education, he in discipline.
(b) He believes in education, she in hands on learning.
(c) She believes they should do nothing but fish, he disagrees.
(d) He believes they should do nothing but fish, she disagrees.

4. It is said that fishermen are such statisticians that even the fish were counted on what occasion?
(a) With Jesus when he feeds the masses.
(b) After a shipwreck.
(c) After a severe storm.
(d) When a boat is lost at sea.

5. How long does Gus sleep for after he vomits his breakfast?
(a) Three days.
(b) Twenty-four hours.
(c) Seven days.
(d) Two days.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happened with the Doberman and Ma?

2. What kind of a dog replaced the Doberman for the surgeon?

3. How does Gus envision himself while speaking of the green and grey in "I Reckon"?

4. What happens to Whitey in "Jesus Keeps Fishing"?

5. What doesn't the girl ask Gus?

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