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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. What does Gus deem as the crux of Izaak Walton's book?
(a) Fishing for a living.
(b) God.
(c) Fishing for fun.
(d) Religion.

2. What does Gus decide about God by writing in his notebook?
(a) God will leave him alone if he is a good boy.
(b) God is of no use to him.
(c) God is the one who makes him want to fish.
(d) God doesn't care what he does as long as he doesn't hurt people.

3. What does Gus equate fly-fishing to for Henning in "The Parental Version"?
(a) Eating.
(b) Champagne.
(c) A good book.
(d) Religion.

4. What confused Ma about the famous book "The Complete Angler" that Henning gave her to read?
(a) The language.
(b) The ideas.
(c) The s's looked like f's.
(d) The reason why Henning owned it.

5. What does Gus state about his fishing memory?
(a) He can remember every number of fish he caught.
(b) He recalls very little.
(c) He only remembers the large fish he catches.
(d) He recalls every detail that pertains to fishing.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the L.Q.B.S.?

2. What happens in the barroom during the honeymoon of Henning and Carolina?

3. To what does the narrator compare a fish's death?

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

5. What does Ma say happens on the otter hunt?

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