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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book Two, The Undoing of a Scientific Angler: Where I Lived and What I Lived for and Water on the Brain.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. How did Gus react when Henning was going to whup Bill Bob for writing in the book in "Statistical Improbabilities"?
(a) He howled with laughter.
(b) He yelled for his mother.
(c) He begged his father not to "whup" Bill Bob.
(d) He cried.

3. What confused Ma about the famous book "The Complete Angler" that Henning gave her to read?
(a) The s's looked like f's.
(b) The language.
(c) The ideas.
(d) The reason why Henning owned it.

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

5. What is Bill Bob playing with when Gus finds him behind the cabin?
(a) Chipmunks.
(b) Salamanders.
(c) Toads.
(d) Squirrels.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the conversation between Ma and Pa about at most dinners?

2. How does Henning earn his living?

3. Why does Henning laugh a "lunatic laughter" that can be heard around the canyon?

4. How does Ma handle the folk who come "witnessing"?

5. What does Gus do to the boy that they call Barf-breath?

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