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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What confused Ma about the famous book "The Complete Angler" that Henning gave her to read?
(a) The s's looked like f's.
(b) The ideas.
(c) The reason why Henning owned it.
(d) The language.

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

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

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. How does Bill Bob spend his time at dinner as told by Gus in "Voiding My Rheum"?
(a) Humming.
(b) Sharing stories of his day.
(c) Listening intently to his parents.
(d) With multi-media.

6. What is Izaak Walton?
(a) A friend of Henning's.
(b) A famous fisherman.
(c) A writer about fly-fishing.
(d) An expert on bait fishing.

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

8. 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 fish in the puddle of their driveway.
(d) He puts crawdads in his salad.

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

10. What does Henning tell Gus will make them part of eternity?
(a) Being close to the water as it will be forever.
(b) Love.
(c) Fishing as it will last forever.
(d) Their energy.

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

12. What nickname does Gus give to his father?
(a) Steelhead.
(b) H2O.
(c) Fisherman.
(d) Fly.

13. What kind of a dog replaced the Doberman for the surgeon?
(a) Another Doberman.
(b) A Chihuahua.
(c) A Beagle.
(d) A Greyhound.

14. What does Ma retell about the mule and the pike?
(a) The mule attempts to catch the jumping pike which makes the men laugh.
(b) The pike jumps up and bite the mule's lip while the men laugh.
(c) The men save the mule from the pike that jumps up to bite the mule's lip.
(d) The pike jumps up and scares the mule who runs into the river.

15. Why is Gus the one who tucks Bill Bob in at night?
(a) Henning is working at that time.
(b) Ma and Henning argue too much.
(c) Bill Bob wants Gus to do it.
(d) It makes Ma too sad to tuck him in.

Short Answer Questions

1. What word does Bill Bob first say to Gus?

2. How did Gus react when Henning was going to whup Bill Bob for writing in the book in "Statistical Improbabilities"?

3. Who/what is Nijinsky as mentioned in Chapter 1?

4. What does Ma say happens on the otter hunt?

5. What is a dreefee?

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