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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does Bill Bob tell Gus about Garden Angels?
(a) They grow old as humans do.
(b) They are spirits that watch over humans.
(c) They never die.
(d) They are our human twins that are born when we die.

3. What is a dreefee?
(a) A Garden Angel.
(b) Bill Bob's security blanket.
(c) Bill Bob's invisible companion.
(d) A person from another world.

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

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

6. What does Gus do at the beginning of "Anamnesis" to make him feel better?
(a) He thinks about a friend that died.
(b) He buns many things in the fireplace.
(c) He sleeps again.
(d) He gets drunk.

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

8. What does the reader learn about Bill Bob in "Anamnesis" that wasn't known before?
(a) Bill Bob is mentally challenged.
(b) Bill Bob is very unhappy.
(c) Bill Bob is dying.
(d) Bill Bob is very bright.

9. What does Gus do for the first time in a long while with Bill Bob at the cabin?
(a) Enjoys fishing.
(b) Sleeps.
(c) Food shops.
(d) Stops fishing.

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

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

12. What allusion is made concerning H2O's need to whip his adversary to death with his fly-wand in "Statistical Improbabilities"?
(a) Isolde and Tristan.
(b) Romeo and Tybalt.
(c) Beowulf and Grendel.
(d) Guinevere and Lancelot.

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

14. How does the huge fight at dinner in "Voiding my Rheum" culminate?
(a) In laughter.
(b) Gus storms out.
(c) Ma fires her shotgun.
(d) Henning smacks Gus.

15. How does Gus get back home?
(a) He drives himself.
(b) Maggie takes him.
(c) The police bring him home.
(d) Titus drives him.

Short Answer Questions

1. What confused Ma about the famous book "The Complete Angler" that Henning gave her to read?

2. What is Izaak Walton?

3. What does Gus do about his depression?

4. What does Gus do to the boy that they call Barf-breath?

5. What nickname does Gus give to his father?

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