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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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."

2. In Chapter 1, "The Cover for Trout Fishing in America," Miller writes that Benjamin Franklin died in what year?
(a) 1796.
(b) 1694.
(c) 1800.
(d) 1790.

3. To whom is "The Shenevertakesherwatchoff Poem" dedicated in The Pill versus The Springhill Mine Disaster?
(a) Marcia.
(b) Sarah.
(c) Pauline.
(d) Marie.

4. The narrator writes in In Watermelon Sugar's Chapter 3, "My Name," "You walked someplace. There were ____ all around. That is my name."
(a) Lilypads.
(b) Butterflies.
(c) Coyotes.
(d) Flowers.

5. 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) $6.50.
(b) $7.50.
(c) $10.50.
(d) $4.50.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Brautigan say he saw crucified on a barbed-wire fence in "The Double-Bed Dream Gallows" from The Pill versus The Springhill Mine Disaster?

2. When is the best time to climb the silver stairs in "The Silver Stairs of Ketchikan" in The Pill versus The Springhill Mine Disaster?

3. How many years after Charles Hayman's death do Game and Fish decide to place trout in Hayman Creek in Trout Fishing in America?

4. What arithmetic did the tigers help the narrator with, according to Chapter 16, "Arithmetic" of In Watermelon Sugar?

5. 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?

(see the answer key)

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