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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 do when the girl leaves?
(a) He fishes alone.
(b) He follows her with his truck.
(c) He goes home.
(d) He falls out of the tree.

2. How does Ma view dams?
(a) She applauds them for what they do.
(b) She hates them for destroying the salmon.
(c) She feels they are a necessary evil.
(d) She thinks they are needed.

3. Why is one reason Titus did not give for believing that Eddy will find Gus again?
(a) He gave her quotations to match her pole.
(b) He was being chivalrous, not creepy.
(c) He told her she was beautiful.
(d) He has her pole.

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

5. What inanimate object does Titus use to explain God to Gus?
(a) Nijinsky, the stuffed fish.
(b) Ezra Brooks, the bourbon.
(c) Rodney, the fishing pole.
(d) Tamanawis, the river.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What was Titus doing so badly in "Jesus Keeps Fishing?"

4. What does Eddy promise Gus when she leaves?

5. What makes the mountain shameful to Gus in "The River Writes"?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. How are Eddy and Gus alike?

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

5. How does Eddy lead Gus to God?

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

7. Explain the relationship between Descartes and Titus.

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

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

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

(see the answer keys)

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