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

2. Where does Brautigan say he is staying in Chapter 4, "Red Lip" of Trout Fishing in America?
(a) Steelhead.
(b) Montana Falls.
(c) Anderson.
(d) Rough Lake.

3. In Trout Fishing in America, Brautigan writes that death by what is cruel and unusual?
(a) Port wine.
(b) Whiskey.
(c) Fishing.
(d) Beating.

4. Where does Brautigan find a cabin in Trout Fishing in America's Chapter 27, "The Teddy Roosevelt Chingader"?
(a) Little Redfish Lake.
(b) Tom Anderson Creek.
(c) Oregon Falls.
(d) Steelhead Lake.

5. 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.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Trout Fishing in America's Chapter 13, "Sea, Sea Rider," the bookstore owner spins a tale, telling the narrator he fell in love with a woman during the what?

2. From where is Brautigan's family's friend in Chapter 5, "The KoolAid Wino" in Trout Fishing in America?

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

4. 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.

5. Brautigan finds a statue of a what in Trout Fishing in America's Chapter 23, "On Paradise"?

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