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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 Gus deem as the crux of Izaak Walton's book?
(a) God.
(b) Fishing for a living.
(c) Religion.
(d) Fishing for fun.

2. What does Gus state about his fishing memory?
(a) He only remembers the large fish he catches.
(b) He can remember every number of fish he caught.
(c) He recalls every detail that pertains to fishing.
(d) He recalls very little.

3. What does Ma point out to Henning about the book written by Izaak Walton?
(a) The fishermen know nothing about fishing.
(b) The fishermen are first destructive to animals and then they drink.
(c) The fishermen don't fish.
(d) The fishermen are alcoholics.

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

5. What does Ma retell about the mule and the pike?
(a) The pike jumps up and scares the mule who runs into the river.
(b) The pike jumps up and bite the mule's lip while the men laugh.
(c) The men save the mule from the pike that jumps up to bite the mule's lip.
(d) The mule attempts to catch the jumping pike which makes the men laugh.

Short Answer Questions

1. What kind of a dog replaced the Doberman for the surgeon?

2. What happens in the barroom during the honeymoon of Henning and Carolina?

3. How does Carolina make GC feel better about her grandson fishing on Sundays?

4. How does the editor say that the carp got into the parking lot "lake" one spring?

5. Why does Zeke tell the story of Carolina and Henning's meeting?

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