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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. How did Gus react when Henning was going to whup Bill Bob for writing in the book in "Statistical Improbabilities"?

4. Who were Gus's closest neighbors at the cabin?

5. How does Carolina make GC feel better about her grandson fishing on Sundays?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How do Titus and Gus connect?

3. How does Maggie add comic relief to a very serious situation?

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

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

6. What is a dreefee and how does it affect the Orviston household?

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

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

9. Gus does not believe in the vandalism that teenagers cause. What does he do instead?

10. How do Ma and Henning attempt to make the cabin livable for Gus?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What is "The Compleat Angler" and what does in mean to the Orviston family?

Essay Topic 2

If Gus is the protagonist, who or what is the antagonist? Explain how Gus is the protagonist and why the antagonist is the antagonist.

Essay Topic 3

Duncan spends almost an entire chapter on the creek the US Grant. What is the significance of the death of the creek to the story as a whole?

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