2. Why doesn't Gus eat his five pounds of oranges?
(a) No one can eat that many oranges.
(b) He decides to throw some in the river.
(c) He shares them with families.
(d) He gets distracted.

3. What do Steve and Rama take Gus to do in "Jesus Keeps Fishing"?
(a) Go to breakfast.
(b) Take a ride on the river.
(c) Build a bonfire.
(d) Take a walk up the mountain.

4. What Native American story does Gus tell?
(a) About the flowers and the rain.
(b) About the ocean and the sun.
(c) About the moon and the sky.
(d) About the stars and the earth.

5. What happens to Whitey in "Jesus Keeps Fishing"?
(a) He gets caught in a tree.
(b) He gets left behind on the mountain.
(c) He almost drowns.
(d) He gets lost.

6. What method of fishing does Gus teach the old man in the chapter "Dutch"?
(a) The swim method.
(b) The no bait method.
(c) The Twinkie method.
(d) The sandwich method.

7. How does Eddy know that Gus was watching her when she was fishing naked?
(a) Hemingway told her.
(b) Steve told her.
(c) She had seen him.
(d) She found the oranges downstream.

8. Who is waiting in the cabin for Gus when he comes home from the Halloween party?
(a) Nick.
(b) Eddy.
(c) Ma.
(d) Bill Bob.

9. How does Pedro plan on waking his family to see the mouse?
(a) He will holler.
(b) He will poke at them.
(c) He ties string to their fingers.
(d) He sets an alarm.

10. What does Eddy promise Gus when she leaves?
(a) That she will call him.
(b) That she will return the next evening.
(c) That she will return to stay.
(d) That she loves him.

11. What does the river spell?
(a) When?
(b) Who?
(c) God.
(d) Why?

12. Why does Gus go home at the end of the chapter "Philosophizing"?
(a) He needs to be around people to think positively about Eddy.
(b) He misses his brother.
(c) He has not been there in a very long time.
(d) He is lonely.

13. What stuffed animal does Rama have with him in "Jesus Keeps Fishing"?
(a) A bird.
(b) A monkey.
(c) A kitten.
(d) A duck.

14. In the beginning of "The River Writes" how does Gus now view himself in regard to fishing?
(a) As an amateur.
(b) As a murderer.
(c) As an expert.
(d) As a sportsman.

15. What is the girl doing in the tree in the chapter "The Warble of the Water Owl"?
(a) She is fishing.
(b) She is singing.
(c) She is watching Gus.
(d) She is sleeping.