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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. For whom is "A Candlelion Poem" dedicated in The Pill versus The Springhill Mine Disaster?
(a) Marcia.
(b) Sarah.
(c) Emmett.
(d) Michael.

2. What year is cited in "Alas, Measured Perfectly" from The Pill versus The Springhill Mine Disaster?
(a) 1800.
(b) 1888.
(c) 1924.
(d) 1903.

3. A piece of what falls off the wooden salad bowl in "Haiku Ambulance" in The Pill versus The Springhill Mine Disaster?
(a) Potato.
(b) Tomato.
(c) Green pepper.
(d) Salad.

4. How are Ophelia's clothes spread in "The Rape of Ophelia" in The Pill versus The Springhill Mine Disaster?
(a) Tendril-like.
(b) Fish-like.
(c) Mermaid-like.
(d) Vine-like.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. The poem, "All Watched Over By Machines of Loving Grace" from The Pill versus The Springhill Mine Disaster, talks of deer walking past what?

2. Ophelia encounters an evil what in "The Rape of Ophelia" in The Pill versus The Springhill Mine Disaster?

3. What is the first item in "Karma Repair Kit: Items 1-4" of The Pill versus The Springhill Mine Disaster?

4. What type of dawn does Brautigan write of in "Your Necklace is Leaking" of The Pill versus The Springhill Mine Disaster?

5. Who was driving a Model A in "The Galilee Hitch-Hiker" from The Pill versus The Springhill Mine Disaster?

Short Essay Questions

1. What imagery is used in the poem, "The Winos on Potrero Hill"?

2. What is referred to in the poem "1942" from The Pill Versus the Springhill Mine Disaster?

3. Describe the subject of the poem "All Watched Over by Machines of Loving Grace." What does Brautigan hope for in this poem?

4. What qualities are outstanding in the poems of Brautigan in terms of imagery?

5. What is the poem "Star-Spangled' Nails" about?

6. In what poem from The Pill Versus the Springhill Mine Disaster does Brautigan cite "Casablanca"? How?

7. In which poem does Brautigan refer to the Hindenberg Disaster? How?

8. Discuss the tone of the poem "The Return of the Rivers." What does Brautigan describe here?

9. How does Brautigan's poetry in The Pill Versus the Springhill Mine Disaster differ from his prose in In Watermelon Sugar?

10. What similes or metaphors are used in the poem "I've Never Had It Done So Gently Before"?

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