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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Chapter 7, "Prologue to Grider Creek" of Trout Fishing in America, a man buys a house whose basement is filled with what?
(a) Fleas.
(b) Cats.
(c) Dogs.
(d) Rats.

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

3. In Trout Fishing in America's Chapter 17, "The Message," Brautigan receives a message by his camp in which says what?
(a) "I Like Ike."
(b) "Remember the alamo."
(c) "Hello."
(d) "Stalingrad."

4. What does Brautigan associate trout with in Trout Fishing in America?
(a) Steel.
(b) Love.
(c) Fear.
(d) Women.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Brautigan say he is staying in Chapter 4, "Red Lip" of Trout Fishing in America?

2. Who is the field boss under whom Brautigan works as a cherry-picker in Trout Fishing in America?

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

4. Where do Brautigan and his friend mix four quarts of Kool-Aid and water in Chapter 5, "The KoolAid Wino" in Trout Fishing in America?

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.

Short Essay Questions

1. In Chapter 13, "Sea, Sea Rider," of Trout Fishing in America, Brautigan stops by a bookstore one afternoon in 1959 and is seduced by a couple. What does the bookstore owner then say?

2. What is the phrase "Trout Fishing in America" used to refer to in Trout Fishing in America?

3. What chapter in Trout Fishing in America refers to Alcoholics Anonymous? What happens in this story?

4. Describe the autopsy report written by Brautigan in Trout Fishing in America. To whom is Trout Fishing in America compared?

5. What childhood memory is revisited by Brautigan in Chapter 5, "The KoolAid Wino" in Trout Fishing in America?

6. What is Chapter 6, "Another Method of Making Walnut Catsup" comprised of in Trout Fishing in America?

7. What does Brautigan write that he admires in the story of Chapter 8, "Grider Creek" in Trout Fishing in America?

8. What is the first exposition that Brautigan offers in Trout Fishing in America? What is this a description of?

9. Describe Brautigan's account with the woman in the creek of dead fish in Trout Fishing in America. What imagery is used?

10. Who does Brautigan encounter in Chapter 17, "The Message"? What simile does he use to describe this person?

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