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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. Why is one reason Titus did not give for believing that Eddy will find Gus again?
(a) He was being chivalrous, not creepy.
(b) He told her she was beautiful.
(c) He has her pole.
(d) He gave her quotations to match her pole.

2. What philosophical question keeps running through Gus's mind in "I Reckon"?
(a) How many fish are in the ocean?
(b) How did life begin?
(c) How many fish can one catch in a day?
(d) What is death?

3. What does Gus do at the beginning of "Anamnesis" to make him feel better?
(a) He thinks about a friend that died.
(b) He sleeps again.
(c) He gets drunk.
(d) He buns many things in the fireplace.

4. What happened with the Doberman and Ma?
(a) It attacked Gus, so she shot it.
(b) It attacked Bill Bob, so she beat it with a bat.
(c) Having escaped from its yard, Ma tamed it.
(d) Ma aimed the shotgun at the owner after it attacked Gus.

5. What does Bill Bob tell Gus about Garden Angels?
(a) They are our human twins that are born when we die.
(b) They are spirits that watch over humans.
(c) They never die.
(d) They grow old as humans do.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was Gus voted in his senior year in high school?

2. What is the cabin lacking?

3. It is said that fishermen are such statisticians that even the fish were counted on what occasion?

4. What doesn't the girl ask Gus?

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

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