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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is different about Bill Bob's bicycle?
(a) He has placed a large horn on the handlebars.
(b) He has equipped it with multiple objects.
(c) He made the seat very high.
(d) He painted it various colors.

2. What does Gus deem as the crux of Izaak Walton's book?
(a) Religion.
(b) God.
(c) Fishing for a living.
(d) Fishing for fun.

3. How does Gus envision himself while speaking of the green and grey in "I Reckon"?
(a) As a lizard.
(b) As a statue.
(c) As a fish.
(d) As a rock.

4. What does Gus equate fly-fishing to for Henning in "The Parental Version"?
(a) Eating.
(b) Champagne.
(c) A good book.
(d) Religion.

5. What is Gus drinking while he warms in front of the fire with Titus?
(a) Tea.
(b) Rum Egg Nog.
(c) Brandy.
(d) Warm milk.

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

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

8. What makes Gus's journey back to Eaton's dock more difficult?
(a) Rain.
(b) The dark.
(c) Other boaters in his way.
(d) He lost his paddle.

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

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

11. What is Bill Bob playing with when Gus finds him behind the cabin?
(a) Squirrels.
(b) Toads.
(c) Salamanders.
(d) Chipmunks.

12. What did Bill Bob spread all over him that Gus had given him in exchange for a check?
(a) Hershey Kisses.
(b) M & Ms.
(c) Chocolate sauce.
(d) Hot fudge.

13. What does Bill Bob write a check out on for a candy cigarette from Gus?
(a) A comic book.
(b) A page of the Bible.
(c) His mother's checkbook.
(d) A fishing manual.

14. What stops Gus from fishing on the day after Alfred dies?
(a) He had caught enough.
(b) The loss of Alfred.
(c) Fog.
(d) A hangover.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the difference in philosophies on raising children between Henning and Carolina?

2. How does the editor say that the carp got into the parking lot "lake" one spring?

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

4. How does Gus feel after he puts Bill Bob on the bus to go home?

5. Why does Henning laugh a "lunatic laughter" that can be heard around the canyon?

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