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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 happens to Whitey in "Jesus Keeps Fishing"?
(a) He gets left behind on the mountain.
(b) He almost drowns.
(c) He gets lost.
(d) He gets caught in a tree.

2. What is Henning's issue with his son being called Bill Bob?
(a) No senator, poet, or sea captain ever had such a name.
(b) It sounds like a horse's name.
(c) Bill was the name of a man Henning did not like.
(d) It is a cowpoke name.

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

4. What gift does Henning give to Gus for the cabin?
(a) A cord of wood.
(b) Flashlights.
(c) An aquarium.
(d) Fishing paintings.

5. What is Ma's philosophy concerning death?
(a) Everyone goes to Heaven.
(b) Only fishermen will be in her afterlife.
(c) Only the dead understand it, so no use talking about it.
(d) It is just a continuum of life.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where do Bill Bob and Gus venture to when Bill Bob comes to stay at the cabin?

2. How does Gus feel after he puts Bill Bob on the bus to go home?

3. What is the cabin lacking?

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

5. What will Gus and Titus trade?

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