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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. What does Gus deem as the crux of Izaak Walton's book?
(a) God.
(b) Fishing for fun.
(c) Fishing for a living.
(d) Religion.

2. How did Gus react when Henning was going to whup Bill Bob for writing in the book in "Statistical Improbabilities"?
(a) He howled with laughter.
(b) He cried.
(c) He begged his father not to "whup" Bill Bob.
(d) He yelled for his mother.

3. How does Bill Bob spend his time at dinner as told by Gus in "Voiding My Rheum"?
(a) Humming.
(b) Listening intently to his parents.
(c) With multi-media.
(d) Sharing stories of his day.

4. How many hours per year does Gus's ideal schedule entail?
(a) 1500.
(b) 10,000.
(c) 4,000.
(d) 8000.

5. What is Ma's philosophy concerning death?
(a) It is just a continuum of life.
(b) Everyone goes to Heaven.
(c) Only fishermen will be in her afterlife.
(d) Only the dead understand it, so no use talking about it.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Bill Bob spread all over him that Gus had given him in exchange for a check?

2. What does Henning do to his copy of Izaak Walton's book?

3. What does Gus say of devoted people in "Excerpts from the God-notebook"?

4. What allusion is made concerning H2O's need to whip his adversary to death with his fly-wand in "Statistical Improbabilities"?

5. What is Gus's digression all about at the end of "The Undoing of a Scientific Angler"?

Short Essay Questions

1. What do statistics mean to the angler?

2. In what ways does Ma use her shotgun and what does this say about her and the way she raises her children?

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

4. Why does Gus feel sorry for Sigrid the minnow he puts in his tank? What is he learning about himself through his feelings for her?

5. How does the "Rogue River War" create a stronger bond between Carolina and Henning rather than breaking them apart due to their differences?

6. Gus does not believe in the vandalism that teenagers cause. What does he do instead?

7. What is Izaak Walton's book about according to Ma? (Describe specific tales from it that she tells)

8. How does Gus differ from the other children?

9. How does Gus describe his parents' relationship?

10. In what ways has Gus changed since finding Abe?

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