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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Pill versus The Springhill Mine Disaster.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When is the best time to climb the silver stairs in "The Silver Stairs of Ketchikan" in The Pill versus The Springhill Mine Disaster?
(a) 1 a.m.
(b) 2 a.m.
(c) 4 a.m.
(d) 3 a.m.

2. In Chapter 1, "The Cover for Trout Fishing in America," Miller writes that Benjamin Franklin died in what year?
(a) 1694.
(b) 1800.
(c) 1790.
(d) 1796.

3. What traps and eats insects in Chapter 9, "The Ballet for Trout Fishing in America" in Trout Fishing in America?
(a) The Cobra Lily.
(b) The Golden Lily.
(c) The Casper Lily.
(d) The Snake Lily.

4. "Death is a Beautiful Car Parked Only" in The Pill versus The Springhill Mine Disaster is dedicated to whom?
(a) Marie.
(b) Pauline.
(c) Marcia.
(d) Emmett.

5. What is the lion standing in the edges of in "A Candlelion Poem" in The Pill versus The Springhill Mine Disaster?
(a) The doorways.
(b) The glass.
(c) The grass.
(d) The shadows.

Short Answer Questions

1. Chapter 46 "The Mayonnaise Chapter" in Trout Fishing in America discusses the death of whom?

2. What do the Chinese smoke in "A Postcard from Chinatown" in The Pill versus The Springhill Mine Disaster?

3. Who was driving a Model A in "The Galilee Hitch-Hiker" from The Pill versus The Springhill Mine Disaster?

4. What type of dawn does Brautigan write of in "Your Necklace is Leaking" of The Pill versus The Springhill Mine Disaster?

5. In Trout Fishing in America's Chapter 13, "Sea, Sea Rider," the bookstore owner spins a tale, telling the narrator he fell in love with a woman during the what?

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