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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. According to Gus in "The Ideal Schedule", what makes fishing even better?
(a) Fishing every day.
(b) Fishing with Bill Bob.
(c) Not fishing all of the time.
(d) Fishing in the early morning.

2. How does Ma speak to Henning during their disagreement at the dinner table in "Voiding My Rheum"?
(a) She calls him names referring to his lack of intelligence.
(b) She speaks loudly but not meanly.
(c) She curses at him.
(d) She calls him names referring to his weight.

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

4. How does Carolina make GC feel better about her grandson fishing on Sundays?
(a) Carolina stops Gus from fishing on Sundays.
(b) Carolina compares fishing to church.
(c) Carolina makes GC a big Sunday supper.
(d) Carolina gives CG some bourbon.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How do Zeke's two installments of the story differ?

2. What happened with the Doberman and Ma?

3. What confused Ma about the famous book "The Complete Angler" that Henning gave her to read?

4. What is the Rogue River Fishing War all about?

5. What does Gus do with his copy of Izaak Walton's book?

(see the answer key)

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