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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 different about Bill Bob's bicycle?
(a) He has equipped it with multiple objects.
(b) He made the seat very high.
(c) He painted it various colors.
(d) He has placed a large horn on the handlebars.

2. What does Bill Bob write a check out on for a candy cigarette from Gus?
(a) His mother's checkbook.
(b) A comic book.
(c) A page of the Bible.
(d) A fishing manual.

3. What confused Ma about the famous book "The Complete Angler" that Henning gave her to read?
(a) The language.
(b) The ideas.
(c) The reason why Henning owned it.
(d) The s's looked like f's.

4. What poet does Titus quote?
(a) Thoreau.
(b) Poe.
(c) Milton.
(d) Whitman.

5. Why did Gnat name the large mouthed bass "Garbage Gut"?
(a) Because the bass waited for the picnickers to throw their trash into the river.
(b) The kids fed the bass real garbage like paper plates and plastic forks.
(c) Eating this bass would make your gut feel like garbage.
(d) Large mouthed bass taste like garbage.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Gus do to the boy that they call Barf-breath?

2. What does Gus do at the beginning of "Anamnesis" to make him feel better?

3. What does Gus state about his fishing memory?

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

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

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 plan his life to maximize his fishing time?

3. 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?

4. How does Gus react during the argument at dinner when he realizes that his parents only care about their own argument and not the story he is telling?

5. What catches Gus completely off guard in his ideal setting and lifestyle?

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

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

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

9. How does Gus differ from the other children?

10. How does Henning wrongfully convince himself that Izaak Walton's book is the bible of fly-fishing?

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