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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 is Gus drinking while he warms in front of the fire with Titus?
(a) Tea.
(b) Rum Egg Nog.
(c) Warm milk.
(d) Brandy.

2. What does Ma retell about the mule and the pike?
(a) The men save the mule from the pike that jumps up to bite the mule's lip.
(b) The pike jumps up and bite the mule's lip while the men laugh.
(c) The pike jumps up and scares the mule who runs into the river.
(d) The mule attempts to catch the jumping pike which makes the men laugh.

3. How does Gus believe that he becomes a fishing prodigy?
(a) His parents taught him as a young boy.
(b) He learned it in the womb.
(c) He knew how to swim in the womb.
(d) Both of his parents are skilled fishermen.

4. What is ironic about the meeting of Carolina and Henning?
(a) Henning believes she is a he.
(b) Carolina has come to hunt.
(c) Carolina loves fly-fishing.
(d) Henning won't let her fish.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How does Ma speak to Henning during their disagreement at the dinner table in "Voiding My Rheum"?

3. What poet does Titus quote?

4. What is a dreefee?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Gus plan his life to maximize his fishing time?

2. What does the God notebook tell the reader about Gus's beliefs?

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

4. How does Gus describe his parents' relationship?

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

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

7. Why is Gus searching for the answer to death?

8. How do Ma and Henning attempt to make the cabin livable for Gus?

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

10. How do Titus and Gus connect?

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