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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book One, The Compleat Angler: The Ideal Schedule and Voiding My Rheum.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What book does Gus consider the most explosive in existence?
(a) The Big Bang vs. Evolution.
(b) Mythology.
(c) The Holy Bible.
(d) Darwin's Theory.

2. What kind of a dog replaced the Doberman for the surgeon?
(a) A Beagle.
(b) Another Doberman.
(c) A Chihuahua.
(d) A Greyhound.

3. What did Gus give himself as a graduation present?
(a) An apartment to live in at college.
(b) All new fishing gear.
(c) A year's lease on a fishing cabin.
(d) A new Buick.

4. What is Izaak Walton?
(a) An expert on bait fishing.
(b) A famous fisherman.
(c) A writer about fly-fishing.
(d) A friend of Henning's.

5. What does Bill Bob write a check out on for a candy cigarette from Gus?
(a) His mother's checkbook.
(b) A comic book.
(c) A page of the Bible.
(d) A fishing manual.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Gus say of devoted people in "Excerpts from the God-notebook"?

2. What is the L.Q.B.S.?

3. Why does Henning laugh a "lunatic laughter" that can be heard around the canyon?

4. What allusion is made concerning H2O's need to whip his adversary to death with his fly-wand in "Statistical Improbabilities"?

5. What does Ma point out to Henning about the book written by Izaak Walton?

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