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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 decide about God by writing in his notebook?
(a) God is the one who makes him want to fish.
(b) God doesn't care what he does as long as he doesn't hurt people.
(c) God is of no use to him.
(d) God will leave him alone if he is a good boy.

2. What happened to Abe?
(a) He had gotten lost on the river.
(b) He drowned.
(c) He had fallen out of his boat and was seeking help.
(d) He got hurt on a tree limb in the river.

3. What word does Bill Bob first say to Gus?
(a) Mama.
(b) Gus.
(c) Dada.
(d) Potato chip.

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

5. According to Gus in "The Ideal Schedule", what makes fishing even better?
(a) Fishing every day.
(b) Not fishing all of the time.
(c) Fishing with Bill Bob.
(d) Fishing in the early morning.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Gus deem as the crux of Izaak Walton's book?

2. How does the editor say that the carp got into the parking lot "lake" one spring?

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

4. To what does the narrator compare a fish's death?

5. What is different about Bill Bob's bicycle?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How does Gus describe his parents' relationship?

3. 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"?

4. Explain Bill Bob's concept of life and death.

5. How is Bill Bob different than the rest of the family?

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

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

8. How does Gus differ from the other children?

9. What do statistics mean to the angler?

10. Why does Zeke tell the story of how Henning and Carolina met, and why does he tell it in the fashion that he does?

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