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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 doesn't the girl ask Gus?
(a) "Where do you live?
(b) "Did you run away from an asylum?"
(c) "Are you hurt?"
(d) "What are you afraid of"?

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

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

4. When Gus awakes in "the River Writes" what does he see in nature?
(a) The answer to his existence.
(b) The Garden Queen's robe.
(c) Life.
(d) Death.

5. Who is waiting in the cabin for Gus when he comes home from the Halloween party?
(a) Eddy.
(b) Bill Bob.
(c) Ma.
(d) Nick.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Eddy tell Gus that surprises him?

2. What does Gus discover at the end of the chapter "The Line of Light"?

3. What story does Nick tell Gus?

4. What Native American story does Gus tell?

5. What story does Gus tell about the animals in the chapter "The Raven and the Why"?

Short Essay Questions

1. Explain the relationship between Descartes and Titus.

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

3. What is the purpose of the trek that Gus takes after Nick leaves?

4. In what way is Nick a convert?

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

6. How is Gus both full and empty emotionally at the end the chapter "Philosophizing"?

7. What neighbors does Gus meet; who are they; what do they do; what do they offer Gus?

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

9. How does the story told by Thomas Bigeater affect Gus? Be sure to state specifics from the story.

10. How does Gus become somewhat famous in the chapter "Hemingway"?

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