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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book Two, The Undoing of Scientific Angler: I Reckon and Anamnesis.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How long does Gus sleep for after he vomits his breakfast?
(a) Twenty-four hours.
(b) Two days.
(c) Three days.
(d) Seven days.

2. How does Gus believe that he becomes a fishing prodigy?
(a) He learned it in the womb.
(b) His parents taught him as a young boy.
(c) He knew how to swim in the womb.
(d) Both of his parents are skilled fishermen.

3. What is Ma's philosophy concerning death?
(a) Only fishermen will be in her afterlife.
(b) It is just a continuum of life.
(c) Everyone goes to Heaven.
(d) Only the dead understand it, so no use talking about it.

4. What does Bill Bob write a check out on for a candy cigarette from Gus?
(a) A comic book.
(b) His mother's checkbook.
(c) A fishing manual.
(d) A page of the Bible.

5. Why did Gnat name the large mouthed bass "Garbage Gut"?
(a) Eating this bass would make your gut feel like garbage.
(b) Because the bass waited for the picnickers to throw their trash into the river.
(c) The kids fed the bass real garbage like paper plates and plastic forks.
(d) Large mouthed bass taste like garbage.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens to Gus on the Fourth of July?

2. Why is Gus the one who tucks Bill Bob in at night?

3. What does Gus do the morning after Alfred's death?

4. What does Gus do to the boy that they call Barf-breath?

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

(see the answer key)

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