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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book Two, The Undoing of a Scientific Angler: Where I Lived and What I Lived for and Water on the Brain.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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 the one who makes him want to fish.
(c) God is of no use to him.
(d) God doesn't care what he does as long as he doesn't hurt people.

3. What is Gus's digression all about at the end of "The Undoing of a Scientific Angler"?
(a) Water.
(b) Electricity.
(c) Steelheads.
(d) Brothers.

4. At what age does Gus come to the conclusion that Izaak Walton's book is useless?
(a) 15.
(b) 20.
(c) 10.
(d) 30.

5. What kind of a dog replaced the Doberman for the surgeon?
(a) A Chihuahua.
(b) Another Doberman.
(c) A Beagle.
(d) A Greyhound.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Gus cry after catching Garbage Gut?

2. It is said that fishermen are such statisticians that even the fish were counted on what occasion?

3. What allusion is made concerning H2O's need to whip his adversary to death with his fly-wand in "Statistical Improbabilities"?

4. What allusion does Gus make to his reading of The Compleat Angler as many times as he did?

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

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