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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. When Titus keeps asking Gus philosophical questions, what does Gus continue to answer?
(a) "Don't matter."
(b) "No one knows."
(c) "God."
(d) "Wish I knew that."

2. What are Ma, Henning, and Bill Bob actually doing when Gus comes home?
(a) Playing charades.
(b) Sabotaging each other's fishing gear.
(c) Creating new flies.
(d) Telling jokes.

3. What was Titus doing so badly in "Jesus Keeps Fishing?"
(a) Quoting.
(b) Dancing.
(c) Drinking.
(d) Fly-fishing.

4. What is amusing about the way Titus speaks while making breakfast for Gus and Descartes?
(a) None of the answers is correct.
(b) He speaks for Descartes in a dog voice.
(c) He mimics Descartes and barks.
(d) He speaks for Descartes with a french accent.

5. What are Henning, Ma, and Bill Bob pretending to play when Gus comes home?
(a) Duck, Duck, Goose.
(b) Blind man's bluff.
(c) Musical chairs.
(d) Go fish.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Attar call God as explained by Titus to Gus?

2. What is the girl doing in the tree in the chapter "The Warble of the Water Owl"?

3. Why does Gus go home at the end of the chapter "Philosophizing"?

4. What was Bill Bob doing in the cold air that Gus stood to watch?

5. What is ironic about the modern name for the creek, the US Grant?

Short Essay Questions

1. On his trip back to Tamanawis, how does Gus approve of God for once?

2. How does Titus feel about God? Be specific in your answer.

3. How does Gus dupe Dutch and why does he do it?

4. How is Gus both full and empty emotionally at the end the chapter "Philosophizing"?

5. Explain the relationship between Descartes and Titus.

6. Why is Bill Bob standing in the cold whistling?

7. How are Eddy and Gus alike?

8. How does the story told by Thomas Bigeater affect Gus? Be sure to state specifics from the story.

9. What exchange do Titus and Gus have and why?

10. On Gus's trek back home from the source of the Tamanawis, what does he discover about the spiritual source?

(see the answer keys)

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