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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book Three, Characters in Nature: Little, But Strong and Closing the Door.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the conversation between Ma and Pa about at most dinners?
(a) The boy's education.
(b) Finances.
(c) Fishing.
(d) Neighbors.

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

3. What does Ma point out to Henning about the book written by Izaak Walton?
(a) The fishermen are alcoholics.
(b) The fishermen are first destructive to animals and then they drink.
(c) The fishermen know nothing about fishing.
(d) The fishermen don't fish.

4. What happened to the creek?
(a) It died from pollution.
(b) It was restored.
(c) It was stocked with trout.
(d) It dried up.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Descartes compare eating cat dung to for humans?

2. How is Gus considered by others in the public school system as a young boy?

3. What happens to Gus on the Fourth of July?

4. What kind of a temperament does Bill Bob have?

5. Why did Gnat name the large mouthed bass "Garbage Gut"?

(see the answer key)

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