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

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

3. What does Ma retell about the mule and the pike?
(a) The pike jumps up and bite the mule's lip while the men laugh.
(b) The men save the mule from the pike that jumps up to bite the mule's lip.
(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.

4. What does Ma say happens on the otter hunt?
(a) The men hunt only males.
(b) The men save the babies after the mother is killed.
(c) The men slaughter the mother and the babies.
(d) The men spare the mother because of the babies.

5. How does Gus believe that he becomes a fishing prodigy?
(a) Both of his parents are skilled fishermen.
(b) His parents taught him as a young boy.
(c) He knew how to swim in the womb.
(d) He learned it in the womb.