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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book One, The Compleat Angler: The Great Izaak Walton Conversy: the Parental Version and The Great Izaak Walton Controversy: My Own Rendition.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What kind of a temperament does Bill Bob have?
(a) He is quiet but fun.
(b) He is wild.
(c) He is often excited and surprised.
(d) He is almost too calm.

2. What is Izaak Walton?
(a) A famous fisherman.
(b) An expert on bait fishing.
(c) A writer about fly-fishing.
(d) A friend of Henning's.

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

4. What happens in the barroom during the honeymoon of Henning and Carolina?
(a) Carolina and Henning call a truce.
(b) Henning admits to lying about the number of fish he caught on the honeymoon.
(c) Carolina punches Henning in the nose.
(d) Carolina admits Henning is a better fisherman.

5. How do Zeke's two installments of the story differ?
(a) He is drunk for the second installment.
(b) He changes the dialect.
(c) He becomes agitated for the second installment.
(d) He reinvents the first installment in the second.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who/what is Nijinsky as mentioned in Chapter 1?

2. What book does Gus consider the most explosive in existence?

3. What does Gus equate fly-fishing to for Henning in "The Parental Version"?

4. What confused Ma about the famous book "The Complete Angler" that Henning gave her to read?

5. How did Gus react when Henning was going to whup Bill Bob for writing in the book in "Statistical Improbabilities"?

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