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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 Rogue River Fishing War all about?
(a) Henning tries to teach Carolina to fly fish ending in a battle.
(b) Carolina forbids Henning to fish during their honeymoon.
(c) Henning wants to fish alone on their honeymoon.
(d) Carolina tries to teach Henning to worm fish ending in a battle.

2. What will Gus and Titus trade?
(a) Girls for bourbon.
(b) Fishing for philosophy.
(c) Dinner for love advice.
(d) Secrets for secrets.

3. What allusion does Gus make to his reading of The Compleat Angler as many times as he did?
(a) Mozart to sheet music.
(b) A historian to world history.
(c) Moses to the commandments.
(d) An English teacher to Shakespeare.

4. What is amusing about the way Titus speaks while making breakfast for Gus and Descartes?
(a) None of the answers is correct.
(b) He mimics Descartes and barks.
(c) He speaks for Descartes in a dog voice.
(d) He speaks for Descartes with a french accent.

5. How does Alfred die?
(a) He gets eaten.
(b) Chemicals fall into the water.
(c) Gus forgets to feed him.
(d) The tank is polluted by Gus.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does the reader learn about Bill Bob in "Anamnesis" that wasn't known before?

3. What is ironic about the modern name for the creek, the US Grant?

4. In the beginning of "The River Writes" how does Gus now view himself in regard to fishing?

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

(see the answer key)

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