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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the girl doing in the tree in the chapter "The Warble of the Water Owl"?
(a) She is singing.
(b) She is sleeping.
(c) She is fishing.
(d) She is watching Gus.

2. What figurative door does Gus close at the end of the chapter of the same name?
(a) The door to his family.
(b) The door to his past.
(c) The door to his fishing career.
(d) The door to his future.

3. What is Bill Bob's new pastime that Gus discovers when he comes home?
(a) Fishing.
(b) Running.
(c) Keeping Ma and Henning laughing.
(d) Airing.

4. What is ironic about the modern name for the creek, the US Grant?
(a) It is the same name Gus gave it when he was a boy.
(b) The creek is weak not strong like the name.
(c) It has the same meaning as its Native American name.
(d) It is the opposite of its Native American name.

5. How does Gus speak to the girl?
(a) He points.
(b) He uses quotes.
(c) He sings to her.
(d) He writes notes.

6. What does Titus feed Gus on the morning after he spends the night in Portland?
(a) Oatmeal.
(b) Steak and eggs.
(c) Bacon and eggs.
(d) Dry cereal.

7. What does Arjuna tell Hemingway will happen to him if he eats meat?
(a) He will turn into a girl.
(b) He will die.
(c) He will be castrated.
(d) His heart will stop.

8. In the beginning of "The River Writes" how does Gus now view himself in regard to fishing?
(a) As a sportsman.
(b) As a murderer.
(c) As an amateur.
(d) As an expert.

9. Why doesn't Gus eat his five pounds of oranges?
(a) He decides to throw some in the river.
(b) He gets distracted.
(c) He shares them with families.
(d) No one can eat that many oranges.

10. What does Eddy promise Gus when she leaves?
(a) That she loves him.
(b) That she will return to stay.
(c) That she will return the next evening.
(d) That she will call him.

11. What happens to Whitey in "Jesus Keeps Fishing"?
(a) He gets left behind on the mountain.
(b) He almost drowns.
(c) He gets caught in a tree.
(d) He gets lost.

12. How does Eddy know that Gus was watching her when she was fishing naked?
(a) She found the oranges downstream.
(b) She had seen him.
(c) Steve told her.
(d) Hemingway told her.

13. What story does Nick tell Gus?
(a) A love story.
(b) A war story in which he finds God.
(c) A story about a mean chaplain.
(d) A fishing story about a shark.

14. Why is Gus so taken by the girl in the tree in "The Warble of the Water Owl"?
(a) She is fishing.
(b) She is fun.
(c) She is interesting.
(d) She is beautiful and naked.

15. At the beginning of the "Eddy" chapter what is Gus's plan for himself?
(a) To run and hide.
(b) To fall out of the tree and die.
(c) To meet the girl.
(d) To learn how to speak.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why do Titus and Gus go to Portland?

2. When Gus awakes in "the River Writes" what does he see in nature?

3. What are Henning, Ma, and Bill Bob pretending to play when Gus comes home?

4. What does Gus do when the girl leaves?

5. What annoys Gus about the dairy kids?

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