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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book One, The Compleat Angler: Excerpts from the God-notebook and Being Educated and Gittin Brung Up.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Henning do to his copy of Izaak Walton's book?
(a) He throws it into the river.
(b) He puts it on Ma's nightstand, so she will always see it.
(c) He burns it.
(d) He puts it up on a high shelf.

2. What is the Rogue River Fishing War all about?
(a) Carolina forbids Henning to fish during their honeymoon.
(b) Henning wants to fish alone on their honeymoon.
(c) Henning tries to teach Carolina to fly fish ending in a battle.
(d) Carolina tries to teach Henning to worm fish ending in a battle.

3. What does Henning do about the Izaak Walton book to prove to Ma that her opinion of it is wrong?
(a) He gets other experts to authenticate what is written.
(b) He debates with Ma about it.
(c) He reads it to Ma.
(d) He writes an article showing its good points.

4. What allusion is made concerning H2O's need to whip his adversary to death with his fly-wand in "Statistical Improbabilities"?
(a) Isolde and Tristan.
(b) Guinevere and Lancelot.
(c) Beowulf and Grendel.
(d) Romeo and Tybalt.

5. To what does the narrator compare a fish's death?
(a) Christmas.
(b) An infant's birth.
(c) A Baptismal ceremony.
(d) The death of a loved one.

Short Answer Questions

1. What book does Gus consider the most explosive in existence?

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

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

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

5. What nickname does Gus give to his father?

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