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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 did Bill Bob spread all over him that Gus had given him in exchange for a check?
(a) Hot fudge.
(b) Chocolate sauce.
(c) Hershey Kisses.
(d) M & Ms.

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

3. How does Gus believe that he becomes a fishing prodigy?
(a) He learned it in the womb.
(b) Both of his parents are skilled fishermen.
(c) His parents taught him as a young boy.
(d) He knew how to swim in the womb.

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

5. What nickname does Gus give to his father?
(a) H2O.
(b) Fisherman.
(c) Steelhead.
(d) Fly.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Gus wonder about his father?

2. What did Gus give himself as a graduation present?

3. It is said that fishermen are such statisticians that even the fish were counted on what occasion?

4. What allusion is made concerning H2O's need to whip his adversary to death with his fly-wand in "Statistical Improbabilities"?

5. What does Gus equate fly-fishing to for Henning in "The Parental Version"?

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