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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 with Bill Bob.
(b) Not fishing all of the time.
(c) Fishing every day.
(d) Fishing in the early morning.

2. 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.

3. What does Gus decide about God by writing in his notebook?
(a) God doesn't care what he does as long as he doesn't hurt people.
(b) God will leave him alone if he is a good boy.
(c) God is the one who makes him want to fish.
(d) God is of no use to him.

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

5. How does the huge fight at dinner in "Voiding my Rheum" culminate?
(a) Gus storms out.
(b) Henning smacks Gus.
(c) In laughter.
(d) Ma fires her shotgun.

Short Answer Questions

1. What nickname does Gus give to his father?

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

3. How do Zeke's two installments of the story differ?

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

5. How does the editor say that the carp got into the parking lot "lake" one spring?

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