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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. How far does Gus go on his trek in the chapter titled the same?
(a) 20 miles.
(b) 5 miles.
(c) 50 miles.
(d) 40 miles.

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

4. 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 swim method.
(d) The Twinkie method.

5. What will Gus and Titus trade?
(a) Girls for bourbon.
(b) Dinner for love advice.
(c) Fishing for philosophy.
(d) Secrets for secrets.

6. What does Eddy set up for Gus to do while she is gone?
(a) Follow a salmon upstream.
(b) Catch a chinook.
(c) Build a deck.
(d) Build a dock.

7. 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.

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

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

10. What story does Gus tell about the animals in the chapter "The Raven and the Why"?
(a) About the spirit helper.
(b) About the bear saving the elk.
(c) About the cedar and the squirrel.
(d) About the boy and the chipmunk.

11. What name does Gus give God?
(a) Sigrid.
(b) Allah.
(c) Whopper.
(d) Abe.

12. What does Gus come to realize about the "source"?
(a) That it cannot be found.
(b) That it is everywhere.
(c) That it does not exist.
(d) That it has no meaning.

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

14. 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.

15. What are Ma, Henning, and Bill Bob actually doing when Gus comes home?
(a) Playing charades.
(b) Sabotaging each other's fishing gear.
(c) Telling jokes.
(d) Creating new flies.

Short Answer Questions

1. What other living thing speaks in Titus's house?

2. Why does it take Eddy so long to get from Portland to Tamanawis?

3. What does Gus do to Sigrid at the end of the chapter "Neighbors"?

4. What does Nick come to Gus for?

5. What do Steve and Rama take Gus to do in "Jesus Keeps Fishing"?

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