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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book One, The Compleat Angler: The Great Izaak Walton Conversy: the Parental Version and The Great Izaak Walton Controversy: My Own Rendition.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Zeke tell the story of Carolina and Henning's meeting?
(a) He is Carolina's brother.
(b) He is Henning's brother.
(c) He is Henning's best friend.
(d) He was with Carolina on the day she met Henning.

2. What allusion does Gus make to his reading of The Compleat Angler as many times as he did?
(a) A historian to world history.
(b) Moses to the commandments.
(c) An English teacher to Shakespeare.
(d) Mozart to sheet music.

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

4. How is Gus considered by others in the public school system as a young boy?
(a) An enigma.
(b) A mild-mannered freak.
(c) A celebrity.
(d) A hero.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. It is said that fishermen are such statisticians that even the fish were counted on what occasion?

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

4. What happens between Carolina and Henning the night they first meet?

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

(see the answer key)

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