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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book Four, The Line of Light: Nick the Convert and The Trek.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. How does Ma handle the folk who come "witnessing"?
(a) She greets them with an outstretched hand.
(b) She greets them with a cup of tea.
(c) She greets them with a yell to go away.
(d) She greets them with a shotgun.

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

5. What other living thing speaks in Titus's house?
(a) The cactus.
(b) The geranium.
(c) The mouse.
(d) The cat.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Gus wonder about his father?

2. According to Gus in "The Ideal Schedule", what makes fishing even better?

3. What is amusing about the way Titus speaks while making breakfast for Gus and Descartes?

4. How is Gus considered by others in the public school system as a young boy?

5. When Gus wakes up in "I Reckon" why doesn't he know what time it is?

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