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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. How did Gus react when Henning was going to whup Bill Bob for writing in the book in "Statistical Improbabilities"?
(a) He howled with laughter.
(b) He yelled for his mother.
(c) He cried.
(d) He begged his father not to "whup" Bill Bob.

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

3. What book does Gus consider the most explosive in existence?
(a) The Holy Bible.
(b) Mythology.
(c) Darwin's Theory.
(d) The Big Bang vs. Evolution.

4. What was Gus voted in his senior year in high school?
(a) Mr. Most-Out-Of-It.
(b) Mr. Fisherman.
(c) Mr. Fly.
(d) Mr. Bait.

5. Why does Henning laugh a "lunatic laughter" that can be heard around the canyon?
(a) Carolina falls into the river trying to catch a small steelhead.
(b) Carolina clenches her fists and hits Henning in the jaw.
(c) Carolina draws a pistol and shoots the fish.
(d) Carolina catches his 30 pound steelhead with a worm.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. Who/what is Nijinsky as mentioned in Chapter 1?

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

5. What is ironic about the meeting of Carolina and Henning?

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