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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) A good book.
(c) Eating.
(d) Champagne.

2. Where do Bill Bob and Gus venture to when Bill Bob comes to stay at the cabin?
(a) To the farm.
(b) Up a 500 foot ridge.
(c) To another river.
(d) To town.

3. What poet does Titus quote?
(a) Whitman.
(b) Milton.
(c) Poe.
(d) Thoreau.

4. What stops Gus from fishing on the day after Alfred dies?
(a) A hangover.
(b) The loss of Alfred.
(c) Fog.
(d) He had caught enough.

5. To what does the narrator compare a fish's death?
(a) A Baptismal ceremony.
(b) The death of a loved one.
(c) An infant's birth.
(d) Christmas.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Bill Bob playing with when Gus finds him behind the cabin?

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

3. How does Gus feel after he puts Bill Bob on the bus to go home?

4. What does Bill Bob tell Gus about Garden Angels?

5. How many rooms are in the cabin that Gus leases?

(see the answer key)

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