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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the L.Q.B.S.?
(a) Long Quests Bound for Somewhere.
(b) A system Gus creates to balance his life.
(c) Lots of Questions Bill Bob Seeks.
(d) A system Ma creates for the family to balance their lives.

2. What is the Rogue River Fishing War all about?
(a) Henning wants to fish alone on their honeymoon.
(b) Carolina forbids Henning to fish during their honeymoon.
(c) Henning tries to teach Carolina to fly fish ending in a battle.
(d) Carolina tries to teach Henning to worm fish ending in a battle.

3. Who were Gus's closest neighbors at the cabin?
(a) A tree farmer and his wife.
(b) A dairy farmer and his family.
(c) A rancher and his family.
(d) A fisherman and his wife.

4. How does Henning earn his living?
(a) Selling fishing equipment.
(b) As a fly-fisherman.
(c) As a writer.
(d) Through family investments.

5. What allusion does Gus make to his reading of The Compleat Angler as many times as he did?
(a) Moses to the commandments.
(b) Mozart to sheet music.
(c) A historian to world history.
(d) An English teacher to Shakespeare.

6. 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 cup of tea.
(d) She greets them with a yell to go away.

7. What happened with the Doberman and Ma?
(a) Having escaped from its yard, Ma tamed it.
(b) Ma aimed the shotgun at the owner after it attacked Gus.
(c) It attacked Gus, so she shot it.
(d) It attacked Bill Bob, so she beat it with a bat.

8. What does Gus wonder about his father?
(a) If he loves Ma.
(b) If he loves Gus.
(c) If he loves Bill Bob.
(d) If he loves anyone.

9. How many rooms are in the cabin that Gus leases?
(a) Three.
(b) One.
(c) Two.
(d) Four.

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

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

12. What does Gus do about his depression?
(a) He fishes less and socializes more.
(b) He goes to see a psychiatrist.
(c) He visits home.
(d) He cuts himself off from all humans.

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

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

15. What does Gus say of devoted people in "Excerpts from the God-notebook"?
(a) That they are found to be nervous, belligerent people.
(b) That they usually keep to themselves.
(c) That they are pushy, one-sided people.
(d) That they are warm and friendly people.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Zeke tell the story of Carolina and Henning's meeting?

2. What does Henning tell Gus will make them part of eternity?

3. What does Gus do the morning after Alfred's death?

4. How does Gus get back home?

5. Where do Bill Bob and Gus venture to when Bill Bob comes to stay at the cabin?

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