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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Trout Fishing in America.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Brautigan talks of a ballet to be performed where in Chapter 9, "The Ballet for Trout Fishing in America" of Trout Fishing in America?
(a) Yale.
(b) Harvard.
(c) U.C.L.A.
(d) N.Y.U.

2. What is written above the door of the church described in Chapter 1, "The Cover for Trout Fishing in America"?
(a) "Per L'Universo."
(b) "In God's Name."
(c) "All are Welcome."
(d) "Per L'Incerno."

3. In Trout Fishing in America's Chapter 37, "The Last Time I Saw Trout Fishing in America," Brautigan encounters Trout Fishing in America while fishing where in Idaho?
(a) Sawtooth River.
(b) Little Creek River.
(c) Jacksonville River.
(d) Big Wood River.

4. In 1956, who spoke under the tall cypress tree described in Chapter 1, "The Cover for Trout Fishing in America"?
(a) Anderson Lee.
(b) Sarah Berhardt.
(c) Abraham Lincoln.
(d) Adlai Stevenson.

5. In Trout Fishing in America, Hayman Creek is named for Charles Hayman, an unpleasant old man who caught and ate ____ trout in his shack near the creek.
(a) Rotten.
(b) Fresh.
(c) Raw.
(d) Golden.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Brautigan associate trout with in Trout Fishing in America?

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

3. Where does Brautigan's fishing pal catch a trout and kill it with port in Trout Fishing in America?

4. In Chapter 36, "Sandbox Minus John Dillinger Equals What?" of Trout Fishing in America, who does Brautigan recall setting up John Dillinger?

5. Brautigan presents recipes for dining with whom in Chapter 6, "Another Way of Making Walnut Catsup" of Trout Fishing in America?

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