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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through In Watermelon Sugar.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. For whom is "A Candlelion Poem" dedicated in The Pill versus The Springhill Mine Disaster?
(a) Sarah.
(b) Marcia.
(c) Emmett.
(d) Michael.

2. Which poem in The Pill versus The Springhill Mine Disaster reads "Every time I see him, I think:/ Gee, am I glad he's not/ my old man"?
(a) "I'm Hurting. She's Not."
(b) "The Way She Looks At It."
(c) "Sonnet."
(d) "Hair Breakfast."

3. What color light drips in "Your Necklace is Leaking" of The Pill versus The Springhill Mine Disaster?
(a) Silver.
(b) Blue.
(c) Red.
(d) Black.

4. Where do Brautigan and his friend mix four quarts of Kool-Aid and water in Chapter 5, "The KoolAid Wino" in Trout Fishing in America?
(a) The schoolyard.
(b) The backyard.
(c) The chicken coop.
(d) The frontyard.

5. What year did Brautigan write in "Your Departure Versus the Hindenburg" in The Pill versus The Springhill Mine Disaster?
(a) 1945.
(b) 1937.
(c) 1939.
(d) 1946.

Short Answer Questions

1. In 1956, who spoke under the tall cypress tree described in Chapter 1, "The Cover for Trout Fishing in America"?

2. The third recipe listed, by Brautigan in Chapter 6, "Another Way of Making Walnut Catsup" of Trout Fishing in America, is for "A Spoonful _____."

3. What does Margaret make for breakfast in Chapter 21, "Margaret Again, Again" of In Watermelon Sugar?

4. Where, near the Klamath River in Trout Fishing in America, does Brautigan gets lost in a wilderness of brush and poison oak?

5. Who asks about Margaret in Chapter 12, "Margaret Again" of In Watermelon Sugar?

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