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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. How many years after Charles Hayman's death do Game and Fish decide to place trout in Hayman Creek in Trout Fishing in America?
(a) 10 years.
(b) 30 years.
(c) 20 years.
(d) 5 years.

2. Whose fishing log book does Brautigan find in Trout Fishing in America's Chapter 34, "Trout Fishing on the Street of Eternity"?
(a) Michael Miller's.
(b) Alonso Hagen's.
(c) Mark Matthews.
(d) John Francis'.

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

4. In Chapter 42, "The Cleveland Wrecking Yard," of Trout Fishing in America, Brautigan takes a San Francisco bus to the Cleveland Wrecking Yard, where a used trout stream is for sale at ___ per foot.
(a) $10.50.
(b) $4.50.
(c) $7.50.
(d) $6.50.

5. Where does Brautigan describe hiking in Trout Fishing in America's Chapter 27, "The Teddy Roosevelt Chingader"?
(a) Oregon.
(b) California.
(c) Kentucky.
(d) Idaho.

Short Answer Questions

1. Brautigan writes in Chapter 8, "Grider Creek" of Trout Fishing in America that the large creeks were running muddy from the snow melting off what mountains?

2. In Chapter 3, "Knock on Wood, Part II," of Trout Fishing in America, Brautigan recounts his first trout fishing experience where?

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

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

5. From where are the visiting winos Brautigan drinks with in Chapter 10, "A Walden Pond for Winos" in Trout Fishing in America?

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