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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 Chapter 13, in what year does Brautigan stop in a bookstore in "Sea, Sea Rider" of Trout Fishing in America?
(a) 1959.
(b) 1956.
(c) 1967.
(d) 1948.

2. Where are the stars described in "Poker Star" from The Pill versus The Springhill Mine Disaster?
(a) Washington.
(b) Kentucky.
(c) California.
(d) Oregon.

3. 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?
(a) Silver Mountains.
(b) Golden Mountains.
(c) Boonville Mountains.
(d) Marble Mountains.

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

5. To whom is "Map Shower" in The Pill versus The Springhill Mine Disaster dedicated?
(a) Marie.
(b) Marcia.
(c) Emmett.
(d) Pauline.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. In Chapter 7, "Prologue to Grider Creek" of Trout Fishing in America, a man buys a house whose basement is filled with what?

3. What beverage does Brautagin write of drinking in Washington Park in Chapter 10, "A Waldon Pond for Winos" in Trout Fishing in America?

4. In Trout Fishing in America's Chapter 13, "Sea, Sea Rider," the bookstore owner spins a tale, telling the narrator he fell in love with a woman during the what?

5. 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?

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