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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. What time does Brautigan write is "correct time:/ with your long blonde hair" in "The Shenevertakesherwatchoff Poem" dedicated in The Pill versus The Springhill Mine Disaster?
(a) 3:13.
(b) 4:20.
(c) 8:03.
(d) 9:02.

2. Which poem from The Pill versus The Springhill Mine Disaster ends with the line, "Without you, I am dead"?
(a) "Adrenalin Mother."
(b) "Alibone Dinner."
(c) "Artichoke Mother."
(d) "Sonnett."

3. Who is the field boss under whom Brautigan works as a cherry-picker in Trout Fishing in America?
(a) Old Charlie.
(b) Jackie Brown.
(c) Old Man Nelson.
(d) Rebel Smith.

4. Brautigan writes of a street lined with trees with intestines like what in "Death is a Beautiful Car Parked Only" in The Pill versus The Springhill Mine Disaster?
(a) Gold.
(b) Rivers.
(c) Cotton candy.
(d) Emerald.

5. Where does Brautigan go fishing in Trout Fishing in America's Chapter 23, "On Paradise"?
(a) Paradise River.
(b) Paradise Lake.
(c) Paradise Creek.
(d) Paradise Pond.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Brautigan refer to as "the John Dillinger capital of America" in Trout Fishing in America?

2. What has been placed along the creek to kill coyotes in Trout Fishing in America's Chapter 25, "The Salt Creek Coyotes"?

3. What is one of the women holding in "Alas, Measured Perfectly" from The Pill versus The Springhill Mine Disaster?

4. 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?

5. "December 30" in The Pill versus The Springhill Mine Disaster cites what time in the morning?

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