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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. How is Gus considered by others in the public school system as a young boy?
2. What does Henning do to his copy of Izaak Walton's book?
3. What allusion is made concerning H2O's need to whip his adversary to death with his fly-wand in "Statistical Improbabilities"?
4. At what age does Gus come to the conclusion that Izaak Walton's book is useless?
5. How does Carolina stop Henning from catching the fish he has been trying to reel in all day?
Short Essay Questions
1. How does Henning wrongfully convince himself that Izaak Walton's book is the bible of fly-fishing?
2. What catches Gus completely off guard in his ideal setting and lifestyle?
3. Is the argument in "Voiding My Rheum" healing or destructive? Defend your answer.
4. What does Gus see as the crux of Izaak Walton's book and how does he feel about the message?
5. Gus does not believe in the vandalism that teenagers cause. What does he do instead?
6. How does Gus describe his parents' relationship?
7. In what ways does Ma use her shotgun and what does this say about her and the way she raises her children?
8. What do statistics mean to the angler?
9. What does Gus see as the problem with Ma's two emotions that Gus describes in full at the end of the chapter "Being Educated & Gittin' Brung Up"?
10. How does Gus believe that he became a fishing prodigy?
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
In the early chapters of the novel, Duncan gives strong indicators of how Gus sees the way his parents feel about their children. What are Gus's deepest thoughts? How does he express them? How do they affect Gus?
Essay Topic 3
What does Nick teach Gus about God and how does Nick's story affect Gus?
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