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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 does Gus equate fly-fishing to for Henning in "The Parental Version"?
(a) Religion.
(b) Eating.
(c) A good book.
(d) Champagne.

2. What kind of a dog replaced the Doberman for the surgeon?
(a) A Beagle.
(b) A Greyhound.
(c) A Chihuahua.
(d) Another Doberman.

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

4. Who were Gus's closest neighbors at the cabin?
(a) A rancher and his family.
(b) A tree farmer and his wife.
(c) A fisherman and his wife.
(d) A dairy farmer and his family.

5. When Gus wakes up in "I Reckon" why doesn't he know what time it is?
(a) He does not know how long he slept.
(b) The fog is so thick, that he can't tell if it is day or night.
(c) His watch is missing.
(d) His head hurts so much that he can't read his watch.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Titus do while he speaks with Gus in front of the fire?

2. What does Gus wonder about his father?

3. What kind of a conversation do Gus and Titus have in front of the fire in "Fainting Before the Duel"?

4. What was Gus voted in his senior year in high school?

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

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