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

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

3. 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 throws her fishing line over his causing it to snap.
(c) She convinces him that he is caught on the bottom.
(d) She uses a worm and catches it herself.

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

5. 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) Chocolate sauce.
(d) Hot fudge.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Henning earn his living?

2. What nickname does Gus give to his father?

3. What does Gus deem as the crux of Izaak Walton's book?

4. What does Henning do about the Izaak Walton book to prove to Ma that her opinion of it is wrong?

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

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