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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. How does Gus believe that he becomes a fishing prodigy?
(a) He knew how to swim in the womb.
(b) His parents taught him as a young boy.
(c) He learned it in the womb.
(d) Both of his parents are skilled fishermen.

2. How did the three third graders get sick in "Being Educated and Gittin' Brung UP"?
(a) Handling the carp made them sick.
(b) They drank the water from the sewer.
(c) Waiting in the rain to see the carp made them sick.
(d) Eating the carp made them sick.

3. What does Gus decide about God by writing in his notebook?
(a) God is the one who makes him want to fish.
(b) God doesn't care what he does as long as he doesn't hurt people.
(c) God will leave him alone if he is a good boy.
(d) God is of no use to him.

4. What does Gus deem as the crux of Izaak Walton's book?
(a) Religion.
(b) Fishing for fun.
(c) God.
(d) Fishing for a living.

5. How does Henning earn his living?
(a) As a writer.
(b) As a fly-fisherman.
(c) Through family investments.
(d) Selling fishing equipment.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. To what does the narrator compare a fish's death?

3. What kind of a dog replaced the Doberman for the surgeon?

4. What does Ma retell about the mule and the pike?

5. What allusion does Gus make to his reading of The Compleat Angler as many times as he did?

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