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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. How long does Gus sleep for after he vomits his breakfast?
(a) Seven days.
(b) Three days.
(c) Twenty-four hours.
(d) Two days.

2. How did Gus react when Henning was going to whup Bill Bob for writing in the book in "Statistical Improbabilities"?
(a) He yelled for his mother.
(b) He howled with laughter.
(c) He cried.
(d) He begged his father not to "whup" Bill Bob.

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

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

5. How did the three third graders get sick in "Being Educated and Gittin' Brung UP"?
(a) Eating the carp made them sick.
(b) They drank the water from the sewer.
(c) Handling the carp made them sick.
(d) Waiting in the rain to see the carp made them sick.

Short Answer Questions

1. What philosophical question keeps running through Gus's mind in "I Reckon"?

2. What does Gus do for the first time in a long while with Bill Bob at the cabin?

3. What does Henning do about the Izaak Walton book to prove to Ma that her opinion of it is wrong?

4. What does Eddy promise Gus when she leaves?

5. What doesn't the girl ask Gus?

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