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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. According to Gus in "The Ideal Schedule", what makes fishing even better?
(a) Fishing in the early morning.
(b) Fishing every day.
(c) Not fishing all of the time.
(d) Fishing with Bill Bob.

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

3. How did the three third graders get sick in "Being Educated and Gittin' Brung UP"?
(a) Waiting in the rain to see the carp made them sick.
(b) They drank the water from the sewer.
(c) Eating the carp made them sick.
(d) Handling the carp made them sick.

4. What is Henning's issue with his son being called Bill Bob?
(a) It is a cowpoke name.
(b) Bill was the name of a man Henning did not like.
(c) No senator, poet, or sea captain ever had such a name.
(d) It sounds like a horse's name.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is ironic about the meeting of Carolina and Henning?

3. Why did Gnat name the large mouthed bass "Garbage Gut"?

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

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

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