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Questions 1-5 of 25:

1.

What does the reader learn about Bill Bob in "Anamnesis" that wasn't known before? (from Book Two, The Undoing of Scientific Angler: I Reckon and Anamnesis)

Bill Bob is very bright.

Bill Bob is very unhappy.

Bill Bob is dying.

Bill Bob is mentally challenged.

2.

Who was the best man at the wedding? (from Book Five: At the End of the Line)

Bill Bob.

Titus.

Descartes.

Nick.

3.

Why does Gus go home at the end of the chapter "Philosophizing"? (from Book Three, Characters in Nature: Descartes and Philosophizing)

He misses his brother.

He is lonely.

He needs to be around people to think positively about Eddy.

He has not been there in a very long time.

4.

What stops Gus from fishing on the day after Alfred dies? (from Book Two, The Undoing of a Scientific Angler: Anvil Abe and the Phantom Fisherman and Fainting Before the Duel)

He had caught enough.

The loss of Alfred.

Fog.

A hangover.

5.

What gift does Henning give to Gus for the cabin? (from Book Two, The Undoing of a Scientific Angler: Where I Lived and What I Lived for and Water on the Brain)

Fishing paintings.

A cord of wood.

Flashlights.

An aquarium.

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