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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What allusion does Gus make to his reading of The Compleat Angler as many times as he did?
(a) Moses to the commandments.
(b) Mozart to sheet music.
(c) An English teacher to Shakespeare.
(d) A historian to world history.

2. Why does Henning laugh a "lunatic laughter" that can be heard around the canyon?
(a) Carolina catches his 30 pound steelhead with a worm.
(b) Carolina clenches her fists and hits Henning in the jaw.
(c) Carolina draws a pistol and shoots the fish.
(d) Carolina falls into the river trying to catch a small steelhead.

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

4. 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.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is the Rogue River Fishing War all about?

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

4. How does Henning earn his living?

5. What does Gus decide about God by writing in his notebook?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Gus react during the argument at dinner when he realizes that his parents only care about their own argument and not the story he is telling?

2. How does Henning wrongfully convince himself that Izaak Walton's book is the bible of fly-fishing?

3. What does the God notebook tell the reader about Gus's beliefs?

4. In what ways has Gus changed since finding Abe?

5. In what ways does Ma use her shotgun and what does this say about her and the way she raises her children?

6. Why does Zeke tell the story of how Henning and Carolina met, and why does he tell it in the fashion that he does?

7. What catches Gus completely off guard in his ideal setting and lifestyle?

8. What is Carolina's philosophy about the human fetus?

9. What do statistics mean to the angler?

10. How does the "Rogue River War" create a stronger bond between Carolina and Henning rather than breaking them apart due to their differences?

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