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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book Five: At the End of the Line.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was Gus voted in his senior year in high school?
(a) Mr. Fisherman.
(b) Mr. Most-Out-Of-It.
(c) Mr. Bait.
(d) Mr. Fly.

2. What kind of a temperament does Bill Bob have?
(a) He is wild.
(b) He is often excited and surprised.
(c) He is quiet but fun.
(d) He is almost too calm.

3. How does the huge fight at dinner in "Voiding my Rheum" culminate?
(a) Ma fires her shotgun.
(b) Gus storms out.
(c) In laughter.
(d) Henning smacks Gus.

4. What does Gus think about going to Vietnam?
(a) He will run to Canada.
(b) It is none of his business.
(c) He wants to go.
(d) He ignores the whole situation.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who were Gus's closest neighbors at the cabin?

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

3. What does Gus decide about God by writing in his notebook?

4. What happens to Gus on the Fourth of July?

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

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