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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 envision right before he grants Dutch the interview?
(a) Owning a yacht.
(b) Being President.
(c) A world run by fish.
(d) A perfect fish universe that he creates.

2. What will Gus and Titus trade?
(a) Dinner for love advice.
(b) Girls for bourbon.
(c) Fishing for philosophy.
(d) Secrets for secrets.

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

4. What does the river spell?
(a) God.
(b) Why?
(c) When?
(d) Who?

5. How does Gus become "famous" in the chapter "Hemingway"?
(a) He saves a man drowning in the river.
(b) He gets in a car crash while hitching back home and saves the driver.
(c) He catches a 10 pound fish with the dairy kids.
(d) He saves one of the dairy kids from a hunting accident.

Short Answer Questions

1. How far does Gus go on his trek in the chapter titled the same?

2. What is Bill Bob's new pastime that Gus discovers when he comes home?

3. How does Gus begin earning an income at the end of the chapter "Hemingway"?

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

5. What does Gus come to realize about the "source"?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. What happens to Gus when he meets the most beautiful girl that he could imagine?

5. Gus personifies the creek. How so and what story does he tell about the creek?

6. How does Eddy lead Gus to God?

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

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

9. What do Henning and his colleagues do metaphysically that Gus does not understand?

10. How have Henning and Ma changed since Gus has been away? What do they tell Gus is the reason for the change?

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