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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 Ma say happens on the otter hunt?
(a) The men save the babies after the mother is killed.
(b) The men hunt only males.
(c) The men spare the mother because of the babies.
(d) The men slaughter the mother and the babies.

2. What book does Gus consider the most explosive in existence?
(a) Mythology.
(b) Darwin's Theory.
(c) The Holy Bible.
(d) The Big Bang vs. Evolution.

3. Why does Zeke tell the story of Carolina and Henning's meeting?
(a) He is Henning's brother.
(b) He is Carolina's brother.
(c) He is Henning's best friend.
(d) He was with Carolina on the day she met Henning.

4. What does Gus do with his copy of Izaak Walton's book?
(a) He throws it out.
(b) He puts it on his father's shelf to gather cobwebs.
(c) He gives it to his father telling him it is nonsense.
(d) He burns it.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How did Gus react when Henning was going to whup Bill Bob for writing in the book in "Statistical Improbabilities"?

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

4. What word does Bill Bob first say to Gus?

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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