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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 Maggie try to get Gus to do?
(a) Swallow a large pill.
(b) Show her the splinter.
(c) Remove his clothes.
(d) Take a warm bath.

2. What does Ma point out to Henning about the book written by Izaak Walton?
(a) The fishermen are first destructive to animals and then they drink.
(b) The fishermen know nothing about fishing.
(c) The fishermen don't fish.
(d) The fishermen are alcoholics.

3. What was Gus voted in his senior year in high school?
(a) Mr. Fly.
(b) Mr. Bait.
(c) Mr. Fisherman.
(d) Mr. Most-Out-Of-It.

4. How does Ma handle the folk who come "witnessing"?
(a) She greets them with a cup of tea.
(b) She greets them with a yell to go away.
(c) She greets them with an outstretched hand.
(d) She greets them with a shotgun.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How does the huge fight at dinner in "Voiding my Rheum" culminate?

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

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

4. How does Gus believe that he becomes a fishing prodigy?

5. When Gus wakes up in "I Reckon" why doesn't he know what time it is?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How does Gus describe his parents' relationship?

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

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

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

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

7. What is Izaak Walton's book about according to Ma? (Describe specific tales from it that she tells)

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

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

10. What does Gus see as the problem with Ma's two emotions that Gus describes in full at the end of the chapter "Being Educated & Gittin' Brung Up"?

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