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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. What did Bill Bob spread all over him that Gus had given him in exchange for a check?
(a) Hershey Kisses.
(b) M & Ms.
(c) Hot fudge.
(d) Chocolate sauce.

2. What is Izaak Walton?
(a) An expert on bait fishing.
(b) A friend of Henning's.
(c) A writer about fly-fishing.
(d) A famous fisherman.

3. Who/what is Nijinsky as mentioned in Chapter 1?
(a) Carolina's nickname.
(b) A fishing rod.
(c) Henning's brother.
(d) The steelhead Hen is trying to catch.

4. What allusion is made concerning H2O's need to whip his adversary to death with his fly-wand in "Statistical Improbabilities"?
(a) Beowulf and Grendel.
(b) Romeo and Tybalt.
(c) Isolde and Tristan.
(d) Guinevere and Lancelot.

5. What does Henning do to his copy of Izaak Walton's book?
(a) He throws it into the river.
(b) He burns it.
(c) He puts it on Ma's nightstand, so she will always see it.
(d) He puts it up on a high shelf.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Henning earn his living?

2. What happens in the barroom during the honeymoon of Henning and Carolina?

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

4. How did Gus react when Henning was going to whup Bill Bob for writing in the book in "Statistical Improbabilities"?

5. What does Gus state about his fishing memory?

(see the answer key)

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