View a FREE sample

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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is amusing about the way Titus speaks while making breakfast for Gus and Descartes?
(a) He mimics Descartes and barks.
(b) He speaks for Descartes with a french accent.
(c) He speaks for Descartes in a dog voice.
(d) None of the answers is correct.

2. How does Gus dupe Dutch?
(a) He tells him about a river that does not exist.
(b) He gives him a false name.
(c) Gus tells him that he is famous.
(d) He invents a species of fish.

3. What does Attar call God as explained by Titus to Gus?
(a) A river.
(b) God.
(c) Love.
(d) A fish.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What do Steve and Satyavati make?

2. What is the girl doing in the tree in the chapter "The Warble of the Water Owl"?

3. In the beginning of "The River Writes" how does Gus now view himself in regard to fishing?

4. What does Gus do to Sigrid at the end of the chapter "Neighbors"?

5. What makes the mountain shameful to Gus in "The River Writes"?

Short Essay Questions

1. What do Henning and his colleagues do metaphysically that Gus does not understand?

2. Why can't Gus communicate with Eddy when he meets her?

3. What happens to Gus when he meets the most beautiful girl that he could imagine?

4. Explain the relationship between Descartes and Titus.

5. On Gus's trek back home from the source of the Tamanawis, what does he discover about the spiritual source?

6. Why is Bill Bob standing in the cold whistling?

7. How are Eddy and Gus alike?

8. What is the significance of the chapter title "Closing the Door"?

9. On his trip back to Tamanawis, how does Gus approve of God for once?

10. In what way is Nick a convert?

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 1,230 words (approx. 5 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample