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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book One, The Compleat Angler: The Ideal Schedule and Voiding My Rheum.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Henning laugh a "lunatic laughter" that can be heard around the canyon?
(a) Carolina clenches her fists and hits Henning in the jaw.
(b) Carolina catches his 30 pound steelhead with a worm.
(c) Carolina draws a pistol and shoots the fish.
(d) Carolina falls into the river trying to catch a small steelhead.

2. How did the three third graders get sick in "Being Educated and Gittin' Brung UP"?
(a) They drank the water from the sewer.
(b) Waiting in the rain to see the carp made them sick.
(c) Eating the carp made them sick.
(d) Handling the carp made them sick.

3. What does Ma retell about the mule and the pike?
(a) The pike jumps up and scares the mule who runs into the river.
(b) The mule attempts to catch the jumping pike which makes the men laugh.
(c) The pike jumps up and bite the mule's lip while the men laugh.
(d) The men save the mule from the pike that jumps up to bite the mule's lip.

4. Who/what is Nijinsky as mentioned in Chapter 1?
(a) Carolina's nickname.
(b) The steelhead Hen is trying to catch.
(c) A fishing rod.
(d) Henning's brother.

5. To what does the narrator compare a fish's death?
(a) An infant's birth.
(b) A Baptismal ceremony.
(c) The death of a loved one.
(d) Christmas.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the difference in philosophies on raising children between Henning and Carolina?

2. What story does Gus begin to tell at the dinner table in "Voiding My Rheum" that starts an argument between his parents?

3. What does Gus state about his fishing memory?

4. What does Henning do about the Izaak Walton book to prove to Ma that her opinion of it is wrong?

5. What is the conversation between Ma and Pa about at most dinners?

(see the answer key)

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