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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. Why doesn't Gus eat his five pounds of oranges?
(a) No one can eat that many oranges.
(b) He gets distracted.
(c) He decides to throw some in the river.
(d) He shares them with families.

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

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

4. Why does Ma write to Gus after she reads the interview?
(a) She is proud of Gus for duping Dutch.
(b) She is angry with Gus for duping Dutch.
(c) She is curious.
(d) She is sad that Gus would dupe Dutch.

5. What method of fishing does Gus teach the old man in the chapter "Dutch"?
(a) The swim method.
(b) The sandwich method.
(c) The Twinkie method.
(d) The no bait method.

Short Answer Questions

1. What story does Nick tell Gus?

2. How does Gus speak to the girl?

3. What stuffed animal does Rama have with him in "Jesus Keeps Fishing"?

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

5. What does Gus equate fly-fishing to for Henning in "The Parental Version"?

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