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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Charlie says he hopes the book is not about what in In Watermelon Sugar?
(a) Potatoes.
(b) Pine needles.
(c) Pot Roast.
(d) Dinner.

2. What are the three poker players in "Poker Star" from The Pill Versus The Springhill Mine Disaster?
(a) Rabbits.
(b) Sheepherders.
(c) Cowboys.
(d) Dogs.

3. Brautigan writes in "Discovery" of The Pill versus The Springhill Mine Disaster, "The petals of the vagina unfold like _________ taking off his shoes."
(a) Marcus Arelius.
(b) Kafka.
(c) Christopher Columbus.
(d) Pablo Picasso.

4. What does Margaret make for breakfast in Chapter 21, "Margaret Again, Again" of In Watermelon Sugar?
(a) Eggs.
(b) Pancakes.
(c) Bacon.
(d) Hotcakes.

5. Where does Brautigan go fishing in Chapter 12, "Trout Fishing on the Bevel" of Trout Fishing in America?
(a) Anderson Creek.
(b) Graveyard Creek.
(c) Tom Martin Creek.
(d) Sal Winter Creek.

Short Answer Questions

1. "I Lie Here in a Strange Girl's Apartment" from The Pill versus The Springhill Mine Disaster says that the woman is afflicted with what?

2. In Chapter 1, "The Cover for Trout Fishing in America," Miller writes that Benjamin Franklin died in what year?

3. In Watermelon Sugar, the lanterns on the new bridge are shaped like faces resembling a beautiful child and a what?

4. What does the narrator plant in Chapter 28, "Nine Things" of In Watermelon Sugar?

5. What do the Chinese smoke in "A Postcard from Chinatown" in The Pill versus The Springhill Mine Disaster?

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