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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. Who/what is Nijinsky as mentioned in Chapter 1?
(a) A fishing rod.
(b) The steelhead Hen is trying to catch.
(c) Carolina's nickname.
(d) Henning's brother.

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

3. How does the editor say that the carp got into the parking lot "lake" one spring?
(a) He says Gus put it there.
(b) He states the "Fishing Dutchman" put it there.
(c) He says it half swam, half crawled from a sewer.
(d) He claims God put it there.

4. Why does Henning laugh a "lunatic laughter" that can be heard around the canyon?
(a) Carolina clenches her fists and hits Henning in the jaw.
(b) Carolina falls into the river trying to catch a small steelhead.
(c) Carolina draws a pistol and shoots the fish.
(d) Carolina catches his 30 pound steelhead with a worm.

5. How does Gus feel after he puts Bill Bob on the bus to go home?
(a) Hollow.
(b) Tired.
(c) Angry.
(d) Happy to be alone again.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How many rooms are in the cabin that Gus leases?

3. Who were Gus's closest neighbors at the cabin?

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

5. How does Ma speak to Henning during their disagreement at the dinner table in "Voiding My Rheum"?

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