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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. How does Gus envision himself while speaking of the green and grey in "I Reckon"?
(a) As a fish.
(b) As a lizard.
(c) As a rock.
(d) As a statue.

2. What happens to Gus on the Fourth of July?
(a) His family comes to visit.
(b) He stops fishing.
(c) He gets invited to a celebration.
(d) He catches his largest fish yet.

3. What does Gus do the morning after Alfred's death?
(a) He stays in bed all day.
(b) He fishes for another trout.
(c) He gets drunk.
(d) He calls his mother.

4. How does Bill Bob spend his time at dinner as told by Gus in "Voiding My Rheum"?
(a) Sharing stories of his day.
(b) With multi-media.
(c) Humming.
(d) Listening intently to his parents.

5. What does Gus do with the man he found in the water?
(a) He dives in after him and pulls him into the boat.
(b) He ties him to the canoe to bring him to the dock.
(c) He leaves him where he is and seeks help.
(d) He yells out to the woman who had been calling for him.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Gus cry after catching Garbage Gut?

2. What kind of a dog replaced the Doberman for the surgeon?

3. Why is Gus the one who tucks Bill Bob in at night?

4. What is the conversation between Ma and Pa about at most dinners?

5. What allusion does Gus make to his reading of The Compleat Angler as many times as he did?

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