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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Trout Fishing in America.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Chapter 6, "Another Way of Making Walnut Catsup" in Trout Fishing in America, has how many recipes?
(a) 7.
(b) 5.
(c) 2.
(d) 4.

2. In Chapter 42, "The Cleveland Wrecking Yard," of Trout Fishing in America, Brautigan takes a San Francisco bus to the Cleveland Wrecking Yard, where a used trout stream is for sale at ___ per foot.
(a) $7.50.
(b) $10.50.
(c) $6.50.
(d) $4.50.

3. What does the funeral wreath say on the plant in Chapter 9, "The Ballet for Trout Fishing in America" in Trout Fishing in America?
(a) "Gone Fishing."
(b) "I'm for Nixon."
(c) "I Like Ike."
(d) "Away West."

4. What has been placed along the creek to kill coyotes in Trout Fishing in America's Chapter 25, "The Salt Creek Coyotes"?
(a) Metal traps.
(b) Cyanide capsules.
(c) Poisoned meat.
(d) Steel wire.

5. Brautigan says he learned about trout fishing in America from his stepfather in what year?
(a) 1942.
(b) 1938.
(c) 1945.
(d) 1959.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Brautigan associate trout with in Trout Fishing in America?

2. How many years after Charles Hayman's death do Game and Fish decide to place trout in Hayman Creek in Trout Fishing in America?

3. Where does Brautigan recall watching a Deanna Durbin movie seven times in Trout Fishing in America?

4. In Chapter 7, "Prologue to Grider Creek" of Trout Fishing in America, a man buys a house whose basement is filled with what?

5. What is the woman wearing in the cover photograph of the book Trout Fishing in America?

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