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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book Two, The Undoing of Scientific Angler: I Reckon and Anamnesis.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Gus's digression all about at the end of "The Undoing of a Scientific Angler"?
(a) Electricity.
(b) Brothers.
(c) Steelheads.
(d) Water.

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

3. How does Carolina stop Henning from catching the fish he has been trying to reel in all day?
(a) She throws her fishing line over his causing it to snap.
(b) She convinces him that he is caught on the bottom.
(c) She flirts with him.
(d) She uses a worm and catches it herself.

4. What does Bill Bob write a check out on for a candy cigarette from Gus?
(a) His mother's checkbook.
(b) A page of the Bible.
(c) A fishing manual.
(d) A comic book.

5. How many hours per year does Gus's ideal schedule entail?
(a) 1500.
(b) 10,000.
(c) 4,000.
(d) 8000.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Gus get back home?

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

3. How does Henning earn his living?

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

5. At what age does Gus come to the conclusion that Izaak Walton's book is useless?

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