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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Henning earn his living?
(a) Selling fishing equipment.
(b) Through family investments.
(c) As a fly-fisherman.
(d) As a writer.

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

3. What nickname does Gus give to his father?
(a) Fisherman.
(b) Fly.
(c) Steelhead.
(d) H2O.

4. It is said that fishermen are such statisticians that even the fish were counted on what occasion?
(a) After a shipwreck.
(b) With Jesus when he feeds the masses.
(c) When a boat is lost at sea.
(d) After a severe storm.

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

6. What is Titus wearing that Gus admires but says he would never wear?
(a) Overalls.
(b) Knickers.
(c) Camouflage.
(d) Coveralls.

7. How many hours per year does Gus's ideal schedule entail?
(a) 8000.
(b) 4,000.
(c) 10,000.
(d) 1500.

8. What does the reader learn about Bill Bob in "Anamnesis" that wasn't known before?
(a) Bill Bob is mentally challenged.
(b) Bill Bob is very bright.
(c) Bill Bob is very unhappy.
(d) Bill Bob is dying.

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

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

11. Why does Gus cry after catching Garbage Gut?
(a) Because it was smaller than he expected.
(b) Because he could not eat the fish.
(c) Because Gnat beats the fish to death.
(d) Because he had conquered his quest.

12. Why does Zeke tell the story of Carolina and Henning's meeting?
(a) He is Henning's brother.
(b) He is Carolina's brother.
(c) He was with Carolina on the day she met Henning.
(d) He is Henning's best friend.

13. What does Ma point out to Henning about the book written by Izaak Walton?
(a) The fishermen don't fish.
(b) The fishermen are first destructive to animals and then they drink.
(c) The fishermen are alcoholics.
(d) The fishermen know nothing about fishing.

14. 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 yells out to the woman who had been calling for him.
(c) He dives in after him and pulls him into the boat.
(d) He leaves him where he is and seeks help.

15. What does Henning do to his copy of Izaak Walton's book?
(a) He puts it up on a high shelf.
(b) He burns it.
(c) He puts it on Ma's nightstand, so she will always see it.
(d) He throws it into the river.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How does Gus believe that he becomes a fishing prodigy?

3. How did the three third graders get sick in "Being Educated and Gittin' Brung UP"?

4. What is different about Bill Bob's bicycle?

5. What does Gus say of devoted people in "Excerpts from the God-notebook"?

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