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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 do with the man he found in the water?
(a) He leaves him where he is and seeks help.
(b) He ties him to the canoe to bring him to the dock.
(c) He yells out to the woman who had been calling for him.
(d) He dives in after him and pulls him into the boat.

2. What does Gus do the morning after Alfred's death?
(a) He gets drunk.
(b) He calls his mother.
(c) He fishes for another trout.
(d) He stays in bed all day.

3. What is the conversation between Ma and Pa about at most dinners?
(a) Fishing.
(b) Neighbors.
(c) The boy's education.
(d) Finances.

4. What does Bill Bob tell Gus about Garden Angels?
(a) They are spirits that watch over humans.
(b) They grow old as humans do.
(c) They never die.
(d) They are our human twins that are born when we die.

5. What does Gus do for the first time in a long while with Bill Bob at the cabin?
(a) Sleeps.
(b) Enjoys fishing.
(c) Stops fishing.
(d) Food shops.

Short Answer Questions

1. What word does Bill Bob first say to Gus?

2. What is Ma's philosophy concerning death?

3. What makes Gus's journey back to Eaton's dock more difficult?

4. What does Gus do about his depression?

5. How does Carolina make GC feel better about her grandson fishing on Sundays?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. How does Gus differ from the other children?

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

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

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

8. 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?

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

10. Is the argument in "Voiding My Rheum" healing or destructive? Defend your answer.

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