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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book Four, The Line of Light: The Raven and the Why, and Googler and Mangler.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What are Ma, Henning, and Bill Bob actually doing when Gus comes home?
(a) Creating new flies.
(b) Telling jokes.
(c) Playing charades.
(d) Sabotaging each other's fishing gear.

2. What is the girl doing in the tree in the chapter "The Warble of the Water Owl"?
(a) She is fishing.
(b) She is sleeping.
(c) She is watching Gus.
(d) She is singing.

3. How does Gus become "famous" in the chapter "Hemingway"?
(a) He saves one of the dairy kids from a hunting accident.
(b) He gets in a car crash while hitching back home and saves the driver.
(c) He catches a 10 pound fish with the dairy kids.
(d) He saves a man drowning in the river.

4. In the beginning of "The River Writes" how does Gus now view himself in regard to fishing?
(a) As a murderer.
(b) As a sportsman.
(c) As an amateur.
(d) As an expert.

5. What name does Gus give God?
(a) Sigrid.
(b) Whopper.
(c) Allah.
(d) Abe.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is waiting in the cabin for Gus when he comes home from the Halloween party?

2. How did the three third graders get sick in "Being Educated and Gittin' Brung UP"?

3. Why does Gus cry after catching Garbage Gut?

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

5. What happened to Abe?

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