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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. Who is the field boss under whom Brautigan works as a cherry-picker in Trout Fishing in America?
(a) Old Man Nelson.
(b) Jackie Brown.
(c) Old Charlie.
(d) Rebel Smith.

2. Who is Trout Fishing in America Shorty mailed to in Trout Fishing in America?
(a) Nelson Algren.
(b) Mark Rosston.
(c) James Nelson.
(d) Anderson Miller.

3. What is the lion standing in the edges of in "A Candlelion Poem" in The Pill versus The Springhill Mine Disaster?
(a) The glass.
(b) The grass.
(c) The shadows.
(d) The doorways.

4. What does Brautigan associate trout with in Trout Fishing in America?
(a) Women.
(b) Love.
(c) Fear.
(d) Steel.

5. Brautigan presents recipes for dining with whom in Chapter 6, "Another Way of Making Walnut Catsup" of Trout Fishing in America?
(a) Alexander Wilde.
(b) Marcus Arelius.
(c) Benjamin Franklin.
(d) Maria Callais.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. In Trout Fishing in America's Chapter 17, "The Message," Brautigan comes upon a herd of sheep driven by a man who resembles whom?

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

4. What does Brautigan say he saw crucified on a barbed-wire fence in "The Double-Bed Dream Gallows" from The Pill versus The Springhill Mine Disaster?

5. Which poem from The Pill versus The Springhill Mine Disaster ends with the line, "Without you, I am dead"?

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