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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who were Gus's closest neighbors at the cabin?
(a) A tree farmer and his wife.
(b) A rancher and his family.
(c) A dairy farmer and his family.
(d) A fisherman and his wife.

2. What does Gus do to the boy that they call Barf-breath?
(a) He puts fish in his home aquarium.
(b) He puts crawdads in his salad.
(c) He puts fish in the puddle of their driveway.
(d) He puts fish in his lunch.

3. What story does Gus begin to tell at the dinner table in "Voiding My Rheum" that starts an argument between his parents?
(a) About catching a large mouthed bass.
(b) About leasing a fishing cabin.
(c) About problems with his grades.
(d) About Bill Bob's dinner habits.

4. To what does the narrator compare a fish's death?
(a) The death of a loved one.
(b) An infant's birth.
(c) A Baptismal ceremony.
(d) Christmas.

5. How does Gus envision himself while speaking of the green and grey in "I Reckon"?
(a) As a lizard.
(b) As a rock.
(c) As a fish.
(d) As a statue.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many rooms are in the cabin that Gus leases?

2. What is the L.Q.B.S.?

3. What gift does Henning give to Gus for the cabin?

4. How is Gus considered by others in the public school system as a young boy?

5. What is Titus wearing that Gus admires but says he would never wear?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens with Gus and Abe? How does Gus speak to Abe? Why does he speak to Abe in this fashion?

2. What are Ma's and Henning's philosophies of death?

3. What does Gus see as the crux of Izaak Walton's book and how does he feel about the message?

4. What is a dreefee and how does it affect the Orviston household?

5. What happens to Gus emotionally in the first few months alone in the cabin?

6. How does Gus differ from the other children?

7. What is Carolina's philosophy about the human fetus?

8. How does Maggie add comic relief to a very serious situation?

9. What does Gus see as the problem with Ma's two emotions that Gus describes in full at the end of the chapter "Being Educated & Gittin' Brung Up"?

10. How does Gus decide that the great controversy of his parents isn't really about fishing at all?

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