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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does the kid have "Star Spangled" nails in The Pill versus The Springhill Mine Disaster?
(a) His bed.
(b) His coffin.
(c) His car.
(d) His suitcase.

2. What color hair is referred to throughout "Horse Child Breakfast" in The Pill versus The Springhill Mine Disaster?
(a) Brunette.
(b) Blond.
(c) Black.
(d) Red.

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

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

5. Where does the narrator write of spending the night in In Watermelon Sugar's Chapter 10, "A Lot of Good Nights"?
(a) The Power Works.
(b) iDEATH.
(c) The Forgotten Works.
(d) The Lost Works.

Short Answer Questions

1. What are the three poker players in "Poker Star" from The Pill Versus The Springhill Mine Disaster?

2. Brautigan writes "The sweet juices of your mouth are like ____ bathed in honey" in "I've Never Had It Done So Gently Before" in The Pill versus The Springhill Mine Disaster?

3. Who is Trout Fishing in America Shorty mailed to in Trout Fishing in America?

4. What year is cited in "Alas, Measured Perfectly" from The Pill versus The Springhill Mine Disaster?

5. What does Margaret make for breakfast in Chapter 21, "Margaret Again, Again" of In Watermelon Sugar?

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