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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 word does Bill Bob first say to Gus?
(a) Gus.
(b) Mama.
(c) Potato chip.
(d) Dada.

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. What is Bill Bob playing with when Gus finds him behind the cabin?
(a) Toads.
(b) Squirrels.
(c) Salamanders.
(d) Chipmunks.

4. 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.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. To what does the narrator compare a fish's death?

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

3. How long does Gus sleep for after he vomits his breakfast?

4. What is Henning's issue with his son being called Bill Bob?

5. What is a dreefee?

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