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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 makes the mountain shameful to Gus in "The River Writes"?
(a) Only one river runs through it.
(b) It has been stripped of its trees.
(c) It is so rocky it holds little beauty.
(d) It is populated with homes.

2. What figurative door does Gus close at the end of the chapter of the same name?
(a) The door to his fishing career.
(b) The door to his future.
(c) The door to his family.
(d) The door to his past.

3. What does Arjuna tell Hemingway will happen to him if he eats meat?
(a) He will be castrated.
(b) He will die.
(c) He will turn into a girl.
(d) His heart will stop.

4. What Native American story does Gus tell?
(a) About the ocean and the sun.
(b) About the flowers and the rain.
(c) About the moon and the sky.
(d) About the stars and the earth.

5. What does Attar call God as explained by Titus to Gus?
(a) A river.
(b) God.
(c) A fish.
(d) Love.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is Bill Bob so fascinated with Pedro's home?

2. When Titus keeps asking Gus philosophical questions, what does Gus continue to answer?

3. What does Descartes compare eating cat dung to for humans?

4. What happened to the creek?

5. What name does Gus give God?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why can't Gus communicate with Eddy when he meets her?

3. What is the purpose of the trek that Gus takes after Nick leaves?

4. In what way is Nick a convert?

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

6. How does Gus become somewhat famous in the chapter "Hemingway"?

7. Who are Googler and Mangler and what purpose do they serve?

8. Explain the scene written about Steve and his family and losing the monkey doll on the mountain.

9. How does Titus use Rodney to explain God to Gus?

10. How do Ma's views of dams differ from Thomas Bigeater's views?

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