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

2. How does Gus get back home?
(a) Titus drives him.
(b) Maggie takes him.
(c) The police bring him home.
(d) He drives himself.

3. What story does Gus begin to tell at the dinner table in "Voiding My Rheum" that starts an argument between his parents?
(a) About problems with his grades.
(b) About leasing a fishing cabin.
(c) About catching a large mouthed bass.
(d) About Bill Bob's dinner habits.

4. How many rooms are in the cabin that Gus leases?
(a) One.
(b) Four.
(c) Two.
(d) Three.

5. What nickname does Gus give to his father?
(a) Steelhead.
(b) Fly.
(c) Fisherman.
(d) H2O.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is Gus the one who tucks Bill Bob in at night?

2. What happens between Carolina and Henning the night they first meet?

3. What does Gus do for the first time in a long while with Bill Bob at the cabin?

4. What kind of a conversation do Gus and Titus have in front of the fire in "Fainting Before the Duel"?

5. How did the three third graders get sick in "Being Educated and Gittin' Brung UP"?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What do statistics mean to the angler?

3. What is the story of the Garbage Gut bass and why is catching him an anticlimax for Gus?

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

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

6. How does Gus differ from the other children?

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

8. How does Gus believe that he became a fishing prodigy?

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

10. How does Gus describe his parents' relationship?

(see the answer keys)

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