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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book Three, Characters in Nature: Little, But Strong and Closing the Door.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the river spell?
(a) God.
(b) Who?
(c) Why?
(d) When?

2. What does Gus say of devoted people in "Excerpts from the God-notebook"?
(a) That they are found to be nervous, belligerent people.
(b) That they are warm and friendly people.
(c) That they are pushy, one-sided people.
(d) That they usually keep to themselves.

3. What does Gus do with the man he found in the water?
(a) He ties him to the canoe to bring him to the dock.
(b) He leaves him where he is and seeks help.
(c) He yells out to the woman who had been calling for him.
(d) He dives in after him and pulls him into the boat.

4. When Titus keeps asking Gus philosophical questions, what does Gus continue to answer?
(a) "God."
(b) "Wish I knew that."
(c) "Don't matter."
(d) "No one knows."

5. What was Bill Bob doing in the cold air that Gus stood to watch?
(a) Whistling.
(b) Singing.
(c) Smoking.
(d) Belching.

Short Answer Questions

1. At the beginning of the "Eddy" chapter what is Gus's plan for himself?

2. How does Gus feel after he puts Bill Bob on the bus to go home?

3. What does Titus do while he speaks with Gus in front of the fire?

4. How long does Gus sleep for after he vomits his breakfast?

5. How does the editor say that the carp got into the parking lot "lake" one spring?

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