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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. In the poem "I Feel Horrible. She Doesn't" from The Pill versus The Springhill Mine Disaster, what does Brautigan write he wanders around the house like?
(a) A flower.
(b) An airplane.
(c) A sewing machine.
(d) A potato.

2. "I Lie Here in a Strange Girl's Apartment" from The Pill versus The Springhill Mine Disaster says that the woman is afflicted with what?
(a) Poison Oak.
(b) Aneurism.
(c) Epilepsy.
(d) Poison Ivy.

3. What is the title of the poem in The Pill versus The Springhill Mine Disaster which reads, "Ah, you're just a copy of all the candy bars I've ever eaten"?
(a) Candy Bar Repeat.
(b) Past Candy Bar.
(c) Xerox Candy Bar.
(d) Candy Hurricane.

4. When was "The Star-Spangled Banner" written by Francis Scott Key, as cited in The Pill versus The Springhill Mine Disaster?
(a) 1941.
(b) 1939.
(c) 1956.
(d) 1931.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Brautigan write he found the poem "San Francisco" in The Pill versus The Springhill Mine Disaster?

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

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

4. Which poem from The Pill versus The Springhill Mine Disaster ends with the line, "Without you, I am dead"?

5. 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?

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