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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 does Gus state about his fishing memory?
(a) He recalls every detail that pertains to fishing.
(b) He only remembers the large fish he catches.
(c) He can remember every number of fish he caught.
(d) He recalls very little.

2. What word does Bill Bob first say to Gus?
(a) Potato chip.
(b) Gus.
(c) Mama.
(d) Dada.

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

4. To what does the narrator compare a fish's death?
(a) An infant's birth.
(b) Christmas.
(c) A Baptismal ceremony.
(d) The death of a loved one.

5. What happens in the barroom during the honeymoon of Henning and Carolina?
(a) Carolina and Henning call a truce.
(b) Carolina punches Henning in the nose.
(c) Carolina admits Henning is a better fisherman.
(d) Henning admits to lying about the number of fish he caught on the honeymoon.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does the huge fight at dinner in "Voiding my Rheum" culminate?

2. What does Gus decide about God by writing in his notebook?

3. How is Gus considered by others in the public school system as a young boy?

4. What kind of a temperament does Bill Bob have?

5. How does Gus believe that he becomes a fishing prodigy?

(see the answer key)

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