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

2. Brautigan writes in Chapter 8, "Grider Creek" of Trout Fishing in America that the large creeks were running muddy from the snow melting off what mountains?
(a) Marble Mountains.
(b) Silver Mountains.
(c) Golden Mountains.
(d) Boonville Mountains.

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

4. From where is Brautigan's family's friend in Chapter 5, "The KoolAid Wino" in Trout Fishing in America?
(a) Germany.
(b) France.
(c) Italy.
(d) Spain.

5. 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?
(a) Spanish Civil War.
(b) American Civil War.
(c) American Revolution.
(d) French and Indian War.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Where, near the Klamath River in Trout Fishing in America, does Brautigan gets lost in a wilderness of brush and poison oak?

3. How far downriver must Brautigan travel to get home in Chapter 4, "Red Lip" in Trout Fishing in America?

4. Where does Brautigan go fishing in Trout Fishing in America's Chapter 23, "On Paradise"?

5. Who is the field boss under whom Brautigan works as a cherry-picker in Trout Fishing in America?

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