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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 wonder about his father?
(a) If he loves anyone.
(b) If he loves Bill Bob.
(c) If he loves Gus.
(d) If he loves Ma.

2. When Gus wakes up in "I Reckon" why doesn't he know what time it is?
(a) His head hurts so much that he can't read his watch.
(b) The fog is so thick, that he can't tell if it is day or night.
(c) He does not know how long he slept.
(d) His watch is missing.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Ma's philosophy concerning death?

2. What does Henning do about the Izaak Walton book to prove to Ma that her opinion of it is wrong?

3. How does Gus envision himself while speaking of the green and grey in "I Reckon"?

4. How many rooms are in the cabin that Gus leases?

5. How does Alfred die?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Gus differ from the other children?

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

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

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

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

6. How does Gus describe his parents' relationship?

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

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

9. 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?

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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