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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Pill versus The Springhill Mine Disaster.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does Brautigan recall watching a Deanna Durbin movie seven times in Trout Fishing in America?
(a) San Francisco, California.
(b) Great Falls, Montana.
(c) Casper, Wyoming.
(d) New York, New York.

2. What time is cited in "Alas, Measured Perfectly" from The Pill versus The Springhill Mine Disaster?
(a) 5:20 p.m.
(b) 3:43 p.m.
(c) 3:20 p.m.
(d) 4:15 p.m.

3. From where are the visiting winos Brautigan drinks with in Chapter 10, "A Walden Pond for Winos" in Trout Fishing in America?
(a) New Orleans.
(b) Denver.
(c) Memphis.
(d) Baton Rouge.

4. How many years after Charles Hayman's death do Game and Fish decide to place trout in Hayman Creek in Trout Fishing in America?
(a) 30 years.
(b) 5 years.
(c) 10 years.
(d) 20 years.

5. Which poem in The Pill versus The Springhill Mine Disaster reads "Every time I see him, I think:/ Gee, am I glad he's not/ my old man"?
(a) "The Way She Looks At It."
(b) "Hair Breakfast."
(c) "Sonnet."
(d) "I'm Hurting. She's Not."

Short Answer Questions

1. In what direction is the word WELCOME written on the statue described in Trout Fishing in America?

2. How many children does the woman have in the basement in "Education" in The Pill versus The Springhill Mine Disaster?

3. Ketchikan is a small town in what state?

4. Chapter 46 "The Mayonnaise Chapter" in Trout Fishing in America discusses the death of whom?

5. Brautigan writes Lord Byran died in Greece in what year, in Trout Fishing in America?

(see the answer key)

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