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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Gus's digression all about at the end of "The Undoing of a Scientific Angler"?
(a) Water.
(b) Electricity.
(c) Brothers.
(d) Steelheads.

2. Why does Zeke tell the story of Carolina and Henning's meeting?
(a) He is Carolina's brother.
(b) He is Henning's best friend.
(c) He is Henning's brother.
(d) He was with Carolina on the day she met Henning.

3. How many hours per year does Gus's ideal schedule entail?
(a) 1500.
(b) 4,000.
(c) 8000.
(d) 10,000.

4. How does Ma handle the folk who come "witnessing"?
(a) She greets them with a shotgun.
(b) She greets them with an outstretched hand.
(c) She greets them with a yell to go away.
(d) She greets them with a cup of tea.

5. What happened to Abe?
(a) He drowned.
(b) He got hurt on a tree limb in the river.
(c) He had gotten lost on the river.
(d) He had fallen out of his boat and was seeking help.

6. What word does Bill Bob first say to Gus?
(a) Potato chip.
(b) Dada.
(c) Mama.
(d) Gus.

7. What book does Gus consider the most explosive in existence?
(a) Darwin's Theory.
(b) Mythology.
(c) The Big Bang vs. Evolution.
(d) The Holy Bible.

8. How does Ma speak to Henning during their disagreement at the dinner table in "Voiding My Rheum"?
(a) She speaks loudly but not meanly.
(b) She curses at him.
(c) She calls him names referring to his lack of intelligence.
(d) She calls him names referring to his weight.

9. Why does Gus cry after catching Garbage Gut?
(a) Because he had conquered his quest.
(b) Because Gnat beats the fish to death.
(c) Because he could not eat the fish.
(d) Because it was smaller than he expected.

10. What is the conversation between Ma and Pa about at most dinners?
(a) Neighbors.
(b) Fishing.
(c) The boy's education.
(d) Finances.

11. What is the difference in philosophies on raising children between Henning and Carolina?
(a) She believes they should do nothing but fish, he disagrees.
(b) He believes in education, she in hands on learning.
(c) She believes in education, he in discipline.
(d) He believes they should do nothing but fish, she disagrees.

12. What does Ma point out to Henning about the book written by Izaak Walton?
(a) The fishermen are alcoholics.
(b) The fishermen are first destructive to animals and then they drink.
(c) The fishermen know nothing about fishing.
(d) The fishermen don't fish.

13. What is the cabin lacking?
(a) Heat.
(b) Electricity.
(c) Running water.
(d) A toilet.

14. Why did Gnat name the large mouthed bass "Garbage Gut"?
(a) Eating this bass would make your gut feel like garbage.
(b) Large mouthed bass taste like garbage.
(c) Because the bass waited for the picnickers to throw their trash into the river.
(d) The kids fed the bass real garbage like paper plates and plastic forks.

15. What is ironic about the meeting of Carolina and Henning?
(a) Carolina loves fly-fishing.
(b) Henning believes she is a he.
(c) Henning won't let her fish.
(d) Carolina has come to hunt.

Short Answer Questions

1. How do Zeke's two installments of the story differ?

2. What stops Gus from fishing on the day after Alfred dies?

3. What did Gus give himself as a graduation present?

4. How does Gus believe that he becomes a fishing prodigy?

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

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