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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When Titus keeps asking Gus philosophical questions, what does Gus continue to answer?
(a) "No one knows."
(b) "God."
(c) "Don't matter."
(d) "Wish I knew that."

2. What does Gus do a lot of when he first arrives back home at the cabin?
(a) Reading.
(b) Sleeping.
(c) Drinking.
(d) Fishing.

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

4. Who are Googler and Mangler?
(a) New friends of the dairy farm kids.
(b) Spirits.
(c) Names of two fish Hemingway caught.
(d) Invisible friends of Arjuna and Hemingway.

5. What does Gus envision right before he grants Dutch the interview?
(a) Owning a yacht.
(b) A world run by fish.
(c) Being President.
(d) A perfect fish universe that he creates.

6. Why doesn't Gus want to use the dairy kids' names?
(a) He doesn't mind using their names.
(b) They are pet names.
(c) The names sound the same.
(d) They are cartoon character names.

7. What is the origin of the creek as Gus finds out.
(a) Another creek.
(b) The replica of the Liberty Bell.
(c) The bank.
(d) The replica of Independence Hall.

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

9. How does Gus dupe Dutch?
(a) He tells him about a river that does not exist.
(b) He invents a species of fish.
(c) Gus tells him that he is famous.
(d) He gives him a false name.

10. How does Gus begin earning an income at the end of the chapter "Hemingway"?
(a) He sells fishing tips.
(b) He sells fishing lessons.
(c) He sells fish.
(d) He sells flies and rods.

11. What does Descartes compare eating cat dung to for humans?
(a) Marijuana and opium.
(b) Hamburgers.
(c) Alcohol, caffeine, and tobacco.
(d) Caviar.

12. At the beginning of the "Eddy" chapter what is Gus's plan for himself?
(a) To meet the girl.
(b) To learn how to speak.
(c) To fall out of the tree and die.
(d) To run and hide.

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

14. What makes the mountain shameful to Gus in "The River Writes"?
(a) It is populated with homes.
(b) It is so rocky it holds little beauty.
(c) Only one river runs through it.
(d) It has been stripped of its trees.

15. What story does Bigeater tell Gus and Ma?
(a) Of the young men who killed too many fish
(b) Of the young men who thought they had all of the answers.
(c) Of the young men who listened to the Spirits.
(d) Of the young men who were consumed by fire.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Arjuna tell Hemingway will happen to him if he eats meat?

2. What does the man from Arizona who wants to sell Gus's wares say to Gus?

3. In the beginning of "The River Writes" how does Gus now view himself in regard to fishing?

4. What metaphor does Gus use about Mikey and Show and Tell?

5. What do Ernie, Emma, and the kids give to Gus in return for fishing lessons?

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