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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 kind of a dog replaced the Doberman for the surgeon?
(a) Another Doberman.
(b) A Greyhound.
(c) A Beagle.
(d) A Chihuahua.

2. 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 slaughter the mother and the babies.
(d) The men spare the mother because of the babies.

3. What was Gus voted in his senior year in high school?
(a) Mr. Fly.
(b) Mr. Fisherman.
(c) Mr. Most-Out-Of-It.
(d) Mr. Bait.

4. What kind of a temperament does Bill Bob have?
(a) He is often excited and surprised.
(b) He is quiet but fun.
(c) He is wild.
(d) He is almost too calm.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Izaak Walton?

2. What does Ma retell about the mule and the pike?

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

4. What does Gus say of devoted people in "Excerpts from the God-notebook"?

5. It is said that fishermen are such statisticians that even the fish were counted on what occasion?

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