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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 does Gus do the morning after Alfred's death?
(a) He calls his mother.
(b) He gets drunk.
(c) He fishes for another trout.
(d) He stays in bed all day.

2. What confused Ma about the famous book "The Complete Angler" that Henning gave her to read?
(a) The ideas.
(b) The s's looked like f's.
(c) The language.
(d) The reason why Henning owned it.

3. How does Carolina stop Henning from catching the fish he has been trying to reel in all day?
(a) She uses a worm and catches it herself.
(b) She convinces him that he is caught on the bottom.
(c) She flirts with him.
(d) She throws her fishing line over his causing it to snap.

4. What stops Gus from fishing on the day after Alfred dies?
(a) He had caught enough.
(b) The loss of Alfred.
(c) Fog.
(d) A hangover.

5. When Gus wakes up in "I Reckon" why doesn't he know what time it is?
(a) His watch is missing.
(b) He does not know how long he slept.
(c) The fog is so thick, that he can't tell if it is day or night.
(d) His head hurts so much that he can't read his watch.

Short Answer Questions

1. How do Zeke's two installments of the story differ?

2. To what does the narrator compare a fish's death?

3. What does Gus do about his depression?

4. What does Bill Bob tell Gus about Garden Angels?

5. What makes Gus's journey back to Eaton's dock more difficult?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Gus describe his parents' relationship?

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

3. Why is Gus searching for the answer to death?

4. How does Gus differ from the other children?

5. How does Gus believe that he became a fishing prodigy?

6. What is Izaak Walton's book about according to Ma? (Describe specific tales from it that she tells)

7. Why does Gus feel sorry for Sigrid the minnow he puts in his tank? What is he learning about himself through his feelings for her?

8. What happens to Gus emotionally in the first few months alone in the cabin?

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

10. 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?

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