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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book Four, The Line of Light: Nick the Convert and The Trek.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What story does Gus begin to tell at the dinner table in "Voiding My Rheum" that starts an argument between his parents?
(a) About catching a large mouthed bass.
(b) About leasing a fishing cabin.
(c) About problems with his grades.
(d) About Bill Bob's dinner habits.

2. What is Ma's philosophy concerning death?
(a) It is just a continuum of life.
(b) Only fishermen will be in her afterlife.
(c) Only the dead understand it, so no use talking about it.
(d) Everyone goes to Heaven.

3. What does Gus do about his depression?
(a) He cuts himself off from all humans.
(b) He visits home.
(c) He goes to see a psychiatrist.
(d) He fishes less and socializes more.

4. What happened with the Doberman and Ma?
(a) Ma aimed the shotgun at the owner after it attacked Gus.
(b) It attacked Bill Bob, so she beat it with a bat.
(c) It attacked Gus, so she shot it.
(d) Having escaped from its yard, Ma tamed it.

5. How does Ma view dams?
(a) She applauds them for what they do.
(b) She thinks they are needed.
(c) She hates them for destroying the salmon.
(d) She feels they are a necessary evil.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many hours per year does Gus's ideal schedule entail?

2. Why do Titus and Gus go to Portland?

3. How does Pedro plan on waking his family to see the mouse?

4. What is Gus drinking while he warms in front of the fire with Titus?

5. What philosophical question keeps running through Gus's mind in "I Reckon"?

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