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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Some of the rivers in In Watermelon Sugar are only how wide?
(a) A foot.
(b) A half an inch.
(c) Three feet.
(d) An inch.

2. What does Great Sparrow pull between the children in "Education" from The Pill versus The Springhill Mine Disaster?
(a) A silver cart.
(b) A red wagon.
(c) A blue wagon.
(d) A mule cart.

3. Where does Brautigan recall watching a Deanna Durbin movie seven times in Trout Fishing in America?
(a) San Francisco, California.
(b) Casper, Wyoming.
(c) New York, New York.
(d) Great Falls, Montana.

4. Who is encountered in the cafe in Chapter 62, "Meat Loaf" of In Watermelon Sugar?
(a) Mike Edwards.
(b) Joe Shack.
(c) Paul Smith.
(d) Doc Edwards.

5. What does the funeral wreath say on the plant in Chapter 9, "The Ballet for Trout Fishing in America" in Trout Fishing in America?
(a) "Away West."
(b) "I Like Ike."
(c) "I'm for Nixon."
(d) "Gone Fishing."

Short Answer Questions

1. Where do the old people sit in "A Postcard from Chinatown" in The Pill versus The Springhill Mine Disaster?

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

3. In Trout Fishing in America, Brautigan writes that death by what is cruel and unusual?

4. In Trout Fishing in America's Chapter 17, "The Message," Brautigan receives a message by his camp in which says what?

5. Where does Brautigan go fishing in Chapter 12, "Trout Fishing on the Bevel" of Trout Fishing in America?

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