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

2. It is said that fishermen are such statisticians that even the fish were counted on what occasion?
(a) After a shipwreck.
(b) When a boat is lost at sea.
(c) With Jesus when he feeds the masses.
(d) After a severe storm.

3. What does Attar call God as explained by Titus to Gus?
(a) A river.
(b) God.
(c) Love.
(d) A fish.

4. What are Henning, Ma, and Bill Bob pretending to play when Gus comes home?
(a) Duck, Duck, Goose.
(b) Musical chairs.
(c) Blind man's bluff.
(d) Go fish.

5. What does Gus say of devoted people in "Excerpts from the God-notebook"?
(a) That they usually keep to themselves.
(b) That they are found to be nervous, belligerent people.
(c) That they are warm and friendly people.
(d) That they are pushy, one-sided people.

Short Answer Questions

1. What story does Bigeater tell Gus and Ma?

2. What is Titus wearing that Gus admires but says he would never wear?

3. How does Carolina stop Henning from catching the fish he has been trying to reel in all day?

4. What does Gus do at the beginning of "Anamnesis" to make him feel better?

5. What inanimate object does Titus use to explain God to Gus?

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