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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Gus state about his fishing memory?
(a) He only remembers the large fish he catches.
(b) He recalls very little.
(c) He can remember every number of fish he caught.
(d) He recalls every detail that pertains to fishing.

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

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

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

5. What kind of a temperament does Bill Bob have?
(a) He is wild.
(b) He is almost too calm.
(c) He is often excited and surprised.
(d) He is quiet but fun.

6. It is said that fishermen are such statisticians that even the fish were counted on what occasion?
(a) With Jesus when he feeds the masses.
(b) After a severe storm.
(c) When a boat is lost at sea.
(d) After a shipwreck.

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

8. What does Titus do while he speaks with Gus in front of the fire?
(a) He wraps himself in blankets.
(b) He reads poetry.
(c) He falls in and out of sleep.
(d) He smokes a cigar.

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

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

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

12. How did Gus react when Henning was going to whup Bill Bob for writing in the book in "Statistical Improbabilities"?
(a) He begged his father not to "whup" Bill Bob.
(b) He yelled for his mother.
(c) He cried.
(d) He howled with laughter.

13. What philosophical question keeps running through Gus's mind in "I Reckon"?
(a) How did life begin?
(b) How many fish can one catch in a day?
(c) How many fish are in the ocean?
(d) What is death?

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

15. 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) Carolina tries to teach Henning to worm fish ending in a battle.
(d) Henning tries to teach Carolina to fly fish ending in a battle.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is Titus wearing that Gus admires but says he would never wear?

3. Why is Gus the one who tucks Bill Bob in at night?

4. What nickname does Gus give to his father?

5. What does Gus decide about God by writing in his notebook?

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