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

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 gives CG some bourbon.
(c) Carolina stops Gus from fishing on Sundays.
(d) Carolina compares fishing to church.

2. How does Carolina stop Henning from catching the fish he has been trying to reel in all day?
(a) She throws her fishing line over his causing it to snap.
(b) She uses a worm and catches it herself.
(c) She flirts with him.
(d) She convinces him that he is caught on the bottom.

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

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

5. When Gus wakes up in "I Reckon" why doesn't he know what time it is?
(a) His head hurts so much that he can't read his watch.
(b) The fog is so thick, that he can't tell if it is day or night.
(c) His watch is missing.
(d) He does not know how long he slept.

6. What is Titus wearing that Gus admires but says he would never wear?
(a) Knickers.
(b) Camouflage.
(c) Coveralls.
(d) Overalls.

7. What kind of a conversation do Gus and Titus have in front of the fire in "Fainting Before the Duel"?
(a) A sad one.
(b) A serious one.
(c) A silly one.
(d) A witty one.

8. What is Ma's philosophy concerning death?
(a) Only fishermen will be in her afterlife.
(b) Only the dead understand it, so no use talking about it.
(c) Everyone goes to Heaven.
(d) It is just a continuum of life.

9. What does Bill Bob believe a night light is?
(a) Shadows.
(b) Lack of light.
(c) Stars.
(d) Flashlights.

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

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

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

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

14. What does Gus do with the man he found in the water?
(a) He leaves him where he is and seeks help.
(b) He dives in after him and pulls him into the boat.
(c) He yells out to the woman who had been calling for him.
(d) He ties him to the canoe to bring him to the dock.

15. What does Gus do to the boy that they call Barf-breath?
(a) He puts fish in his home aquarium.
(b) He puts fish in his lunch.
(c) He puts crawdads in his salad.
(d) He puts fish in the puddle of their driveway.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What happens in the barroom during the honeymoon of Henning and Carolina?

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

5. How is Gus considered by others in the public school system as a young boy?

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