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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. How does the editor say that the carp got into the parking lot "lake" one spring?
(a) He says Gus put it there.
(b) He says it half swam, half crawled from a sewer.
(c) He claims God put it there.
(d) He states the "Fishing Dutchman" put it there.

2. At what age does Gus come to the conclusion that Izaak Walton's book is useless?
(a) 15.
(b) 20.
(c) 10.
(d) 30.

3. What happened with the Doberman and Ma?
(a) Ma aimed the shotgun at the owner after it attacked Gus.
(b) Having escaped from its yard, Ma tamed it.
(c) It attacked Bill Bob, so she beat it with a bat.
(d) It attacked Gus, so she shot it.

4. What does Gus decide about God by writing in his notebook?
(a) God is of no use to him.
(b) God will leave him alone if he is a good boy.
(c) God is the one who makes him want to fish.
(d) God doesn't care what he does as long as he doesn't hurt people.

5. What does Gus do to the boy that they call Barf-breath?
(a) He puts fish in the puddle of their driveway.
(b) He puts fish in his lunch.
(c) He puts crawdads in his salad.
(d) He puts fish in his home aquarium.

Short Answer Questions

1. What confused Ma about the famous book "The Complete Angler" that Henning gave her to read?

2. How does Carolina stop Henning from catching the fish he has been trying to reel in all day?

3. What kind of a temperament does Bill Bob have?

4. How did the three third graders get sick in "Being Educated and Gittin' Brung UP"?

5. What does Henning do to his copy of Izaak Walton's book?

(see the answer key)

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