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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 equate fly-fishing to for Henning in "The Parental Version"?
(a) Religion.
(b) Eating.
(c) Champagne.
(d) A good book.

2. What does Gus do with his copy of Izaak Walton's book?
(a) He gives it to his father telling him it is nonsense.
(b) He throws it out.
(c) He puts it on his father's shelf to gather cobwebs.
(d) He burns it.

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

4. What kind of a temperament does Bill Bob have?
(a) He is almost too calm.
(b) He is often excited and surprised.
(c) He is quiet but fun.
(d) He is wild.

5. It is said that fishermen are such statisticians that even the fish were counted on what occasion?
(a) After a shipwreck.
(b) With Jesus when he feeds the masses.
(c) After a severe storm.
(d) When a boat is lost at sea.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Gus state about his fishing memory?

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

4. What did Bill Bob spread all over him that Gus had given him in exchange for a check?

5. What allusion does Gus make to his reading of The Compleat Angler as many times as he did?

(see the answer key)

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