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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 is Gus the one who tucks Bill Bob in at night?
(a) Bill Bob wants Gus to do it.
(b) Henning is working at that time.
(c) Ma and Henning argue too much.
(d) It makes Ma too sad to tuck him in.

2. What inanimate object does Titus use to explain God to Gus?
(a) Ezra Brooks, the bourbon.
(b) Tamanawis, the river.
(c) Rodney, the fishing pole.
(d) Nijinsky, the stuffed fish.

3. How does the editor say that the carp got into the parking lot "lake" one spring?
(a) He states the "Fishing Dutchman" put it there.
(b) He says Gus put it there.
(c) He says it half swam, half crawled from a sewer.
(d) He claims God put it there.

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

5. How does Gus believe that he becomes a fishing prodigy?
(a) He knew how to swim in the womb.
(b) His parents taught him as a young boy.
(c) Both of his parents are skilled fishermen.
(d) He learned it in the womb.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why do Titus and Gus go to Portland?

2. What does Gus do with the man he found in the water?

3. How does Gus's refrigerator transform into one filled with food and drink?

4. What was Titus doing so badly in "Jesus Keeps Fishing?"

5. What story does Gus begin to tell at the dinner table in "Voiding My Rheum" that starts an argument between his parents?

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