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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What was Bill Bob doing in the cold air that Gus stood to watch?
(a) Singing.
(b) Belching.
(c) Smoking.
(d) Whistling.

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 past.
(c) The door to his fishing career.
(d) The door to his family.

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

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

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

7. What does Gus need to help him tell Titus his problems?
(a) Bourbon.
(b) A good meal.
(c) A good night's sleep.
(d) Beer.

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

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

10. What does Gus do when the girl leaves?
(a) He falls out of the tree.
(b) He follows her with his truck.
(c) He fishes alone.
(d) He goes home.

11. Why is one reason Titus did not give for believing that Eddy will find Gus again?
(a) He gave her quotations to match her pole.
(b) He has her pole.
(c) He told her she was beautiful.
(d) He was being chivalrous, not creepy.

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

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

14. What do Titus and Gus do after Gus comes to an understanding about God?
(a) They drink more bourbon.
(b) They eat pizza and drink beer.
(c) They fish.
(d) They sleep.

15. What happened to the creek?
(a) It dried up.
(b) It was restored.
(c) It was stocked with trout.
(d) It died from pollution.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the girl doing in the tree in the chapter "The Warble of the Water Owl"?

2. What annoys Gus about the dairy kids?

3. What does Gus do a lot of when he first arrives back home at the cabin?

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

5. What story does Nick tell Gus?

(see the answer keys)

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