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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Chapter 3, "Knock on Wood, Part II," of Trout Fishing in America, Brautigan recounts his first trout fishing experience where?
(a) Portland, OR.
(b) Seattle, WA.
(c) Portland, ME.
(d) San Francisco, CA.

2. Who does the narrator write of having dinner with in Chapter 6, "Sundown" of In Watermelon Sugar?
(a) Margaret.
(b) Pauline.
(c) Madeline.
(d) Sarah.

3. What does Ophelia float like in "The Rape of Ophelia" in The Pill versus The Springhill Mine Disaster?
(a) A summer sunset.
(b) An August moon.
(c) An autumn breeze.
(d) An April church.

4. What does Brautigan refer to as "the John Dillinger capital of America" in Trout Fishing in America?
(a) Denver, Colorado.
(b) Memphis, Tennessee.
(c) Mooresville, Indiana.
(d) Casper, Wyoming.

5. What season begins Chapter 10, "A Waldon Pond for Winos" of Trout Fishing in America?
(a) Spring.
(b) Summer.
(c) Winter.
(d) Autumn.

Short Answer Questions

1. What beautiful things does the narrator write of living and dying in Chapter 5, "Charley's Idea" of In Watermelon Sugar?

2. What is the lion standing in the edges of in "A Candlelion Poem" in The Pill versus The Springhill Mine Disaster?

3. Pauline is startled by what in Chapter 14, "A Love A Wind" in In Watermelon Sugar?

4. The narrator writes of the tigers killing whom in Chapter 16, "Arithmetic" of In Watermelon Sugar?

5. What is the glass square surrounded by in "The Fever Monument" in The Pill versus The Springhill Mine Disaster?

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