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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. Where do Bill Bob and Gus venture to when Bill Bob comes to stay at the cabin?
(a) To town.
(b) Up a 500 foot ridge.
(c) To another river.
(d) To the farm.

2. How does Henning earn his living?
(a) As a writer.
(b) As a fly-fisherman.
(c) Selling fishing equipment.
(d) Through family investments.

3. Why did Gnat name the large mouthed bass "Garbage Gut"?
(a) The kids fed the bass real garbage like paper plates and plastic forks.
(b) Eating this bass would make your gut feel like garbage.
(c) Because the bass waited for the picnickers to throw their trash into the river.
(d) Large mouthed bass taste like garbage.

4. 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) Carolina tries to teach Henning to worm fish ending in a battle.
(d) Henning wants to fish alone on their honeymoon.

5. What is Izaak Walton?
(a) A writer about fly-fishing.
(b) A famous fisherman.
(c) An expert on bait fishing.
(d) A friend of Henning's.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Bill Bob spend his time at dinner as told by Gus in "Voiding My Rheum"?

2. What is Bill Bob playing with when Gus finds him behind the cabin?

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

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

5. What gift does Henning give to Gus for the cabin?

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