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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What figurative door does Gus close at the end of the chapter of the same name?
(a) The door to his future.
(b) The door to his fishing career.
(c) The door to his family.
(d) The door to his past.

4. What is amusing about the way Titus speaks while making breakfast for Gus and Descartes?
(a) None of the answers is correct.
(b) He speaks for Descartes in a dog voice.
(c) He mimics Descartes and barks.
(d) He speaks for Descartes with a french accent.

5. How does Ma view dams?
(a) She thinks they are needed.
(b) She hates them for destroying the salmon.
(c) She applauds them for what they do.
(d) She feels they are a necessary evil.

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

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

8. What does Gus discover at the end of the chapter "The Line of Light"?
(a) Eddy.
(b) The best way to fish.
(c) All of the answers.
(d) God.

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

10. 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) It has been stripped of its trees.
(d) Only one river runs through it.

11. Why does it take Eddy so long to get from Portland to Tamanawis?
(a) She stopped to eat.
(b) She kept turning around.
(c) Her car kept breaking down.
(d) She got lost.

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

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

14. What other living thing speaks in Titus's house?
(a) The cactus.
(b) The geranium.
(c) The cat.
(d) The mouse.

15. When Gus awakes in "the River Writes" what does he see in nature?
(a) Death.
(b) Life.
(c) The Garden Queen's robe.
(d) The answer to his existence.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who are Googler and Mangler?

2. Why do Titus and Gus go to Portland?

3. What are Ma, Henning, and Bill Bob actually doing when Gus comes home?

4. What does Titus feed Gus on the morning after he spends the night in Portland?

5. What does Gus buy from Emma that belonged to Hemingway?

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