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

2. What is Izaak Walton?
(a) A friend of Henning's.
(b) An expert on bait fishing.
(c) A writer about fly-fishing.
(d) A famous fisherman.

3. How do Zeke's two installments of the story differ?
(a) He becomes agitated for the second installment.
(b) He is drunk for the second installment.
(c) He reinvents the first installment in the second.
(d) He changes the dialect.

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) He learned it in the womb.
(b) His parents taught him as a young boy.
(c) He knew how to swim in the womb.
(d) Both of his parents are skilled fishermen.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Henning earn his living?

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

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

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

5. What nickname does Gus give to his father?

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