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

2. How many hours per year does Gus's ideal schedule entail?
(a) 4,000.
(b) 10,000.
(c) 8000.
(d) 1500.

3. What confused Ma about the famous book "The Complete Angler" that Henning gave her to read?
(a) The ideas.
(b) The reason why Henning owned it.
(c) The language.
(d) The s's looked like f's.

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

5. How does the huge fight at dinner in "Voiding my Rheum" culminate?
(a) Gus storms out.
(b) Henning smacks Gus.
(c) In laughter.
(d) Ma fires her shotgun.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Henning do to his copy of Izaak Walton's book?

3. What did Gus give himself as a graduation present?

4. How does Ma handle the folk who come "witnessing"?

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

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