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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 Ma handle the folk who come "witnessing"?
(a) She greets them with a shotgun.
(b) She greets them with a yell to go away.
(c) She greets them with a cup of tea.
(d) She greets them with an outstretched hand.

2. How does Carolina make GC feel better about her grandson fishing on Sundays?
(a) Carolina gives CG some bourbon.
(b) Carolina compares fishing to church.
(c) Carolina makes GC a big Sunday supper.
(d) Carolina stops Gus from fishing on Sundays.

3. How did the three third graders get sick in "Being Educated and Gittin' Brung UP"?
(a) Eating the carp made them sick.
(b) They drank the water from the sewer.
(c) Waiting in the rain to see the carp made them sick.
(d) Handling the carp made them sick.

4. What nickname does Gus give to his father?
(a) Fisherman.
(b) Fly.
(c) Steelhead.
(d) H2O.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Gus do with his copy of Izaak Walton's book?

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

3. To what does the narrator compare a fish's death?

4. What does Gus state about his fishing memory?

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

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