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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book Four, The Line of Light: Hemingway and Dutch.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many hours per year does Gus's ideal schedule entail?
(a) 4,000.
(b) 1500.
(c) 10,000.
(d) 8000.

2. How does Ma speak to Henning during their disagreement at the dinner table in "Voiding My Rheum"?
(a) She calls him names referring to his lack of intelligence.
(b) She speaks loudly but not meanly.
(c) She curses at him.
(d) She calls him names referring to his weight.

3. How does Gus dupe Dutch?
(a) He tells him about a river that does not exist.
(b) Gus tells him that he is famous.
(c) He invents a species of fish.
(d) He gives him a false name.

4. What is the girl doing in the tree in the chapter "The Warble of the Water Owl"?
(a) She is singing.
(b) She is fishing.
(c) She is sleeping.
(d) She is watching Gus.

5. What story does Gus begin to tell at the dinner table in "Voiding My Rheum" that starts an argument between his parents?
(a) About leasing a fishing cabin.
(b) About catching a large mouthed bass.
(c) About Bill Bob's dinner habits.
(d) About problems with his grades.

Short Answer Questions

1. What method of fishing does Gus teach the old man in the chapter "Dutch"?

2. What annoys Gus about the dairy kids?

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

4. In the beginning of "The River Writes" how does Gus now view himself in regard to fishing?

5. What story does Bigeater tell Gus and Ma?

(see the answer key)

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