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

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

3. 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.

4. How does Carolina stop Henning from catching the fish he has been trying to reel in all day?
(a) She throws her fishing line over his causing it to snap.
(b) She flirts with him.
(c) She uses a worm and catches it herself.
(d) She convinces him that he is caught on the bottom.

5. What does Ma retell about the mule and the pike?
(a) The men save the mule from the pike that jumps up to bite the mule's lip.
(b) The pike jumps up and bite the mule's lip while the men laugh.
(c) The mule attempts to catch the jumping pike which makes the men laugh.
(d) The pike jumps up and scares the mule who runs into the river.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Henning's issue with his son being called Bill Bob?

2. What does Ma say happens on the otter hunt?

3. What does Gus equate fly-fishing to for Henning in "The Parental Version"?

4. What does Bill Bob write a check out on for a candy cigarette from Gus?

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

(see the answer key)

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