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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was Gus voted in his senior year in high school?

2. How does Ma speak to Henning during their disagreement at the dinner table in "Voiding My Rheum"?

3. How does the editor say that the carp got into the parking lot "lake" one spring?

4. How does Carolina make GC feel better about her grandson fishing on Sundays?

5. How long does Gus sleep for after he vomits his breakfast?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Gus see as the crux of Izaak Walton's book and how does he feel about the message?

2. Is the argument in "Voiding My Rheum" healing or destructive? Defend your answer.

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

4. How do Ma and Henning attempt to make the cabin livable for Gus?

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

6. What is a dreefee and how does it affect the Orviston household?

7. How does Henning wrongfully convince himself that Izaak Walton's book is the bible of fly-fishing?

8. What happens with Gus and Abe? How does Gus speak to Abe? Why does he speak to Abe in this fashion?

9. Why does Gus feel sorry for Sigrid the minnow he puts in his tank? What is he learning about himself through his feelings for her?

10. What happens to Gus emotionally in the first few months alone in the cabin?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What is "The Compleat Angler" and what does in mean to the Orviston family?

Essay Topic 2

What significance does the singing mouse play to the theme of hope?

Essay Topic 3

Explain Ma and the way that she sees the world. Where do her understandings come from? How do they differ from Henning's? How does her view of the world affect her children?

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