View a FREE sample

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. How does Carolina make GC feel better about her grandson fishing on Sundays?
(a) Carolina makes GC a big Sunday supper.
(b) Carolina stops Gus from fishing on Sundays.
(c) Carolina gives CG some bourbon.
(d) Carolina compares fishing to church.

2. What poet does Titus quote?
(a) Whitman.
(b) Poe.
(c) Thoreau.
(d) Milton.

3. What does the river spell?
(a) Why?
(b) When?
(c) Who?
(d) God.

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

5. What gift does Henning give to Gus for the cabin?
(a) A cord of wood.
(b) An aquarium.
(c) Fishing paintings.
(d) Flashlights.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Descartes compare eating cat dung to for humans?

2. How does Gus feel after he puts Bill Bob on the bus to go home?

3. How does the editor say that the carp got into the parking lot "lake" one spring?

4. What does Gus come to realize about the "source"?

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

(see the answer key)

This section contains 238 words (approx. 1 page at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample