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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through In Watermelon Sugar.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. A pound of what is added to Walnut Catsup in Chapter 6, "Another Way of Making Walnut Catsup" in Trout Fishing in America?
(a) Anchovies.
(b) Ketchup.
(c) Tomatoes.
(d) Mustard.

2. In what year was "The Beautiful Poem" of The Pill versus The Springhill Mine Disaster written?
(a) 1967.
(b) 1959.
(c) 1969.
(d) 1964.

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

4. In Chapter 7, "Prologue to Grider Creek" of Trout Fishing in America, a man buys a house whose basement is filled with what?
(a) Fleas.
(b) Rats.
(c) Cats.
(d) Dogs.

5. The narrator writes of a statue of whom in Chapter 7, "The Gentle Cricket" of In Watermelon Sugar?
(a) His sister.
(b) His aunt.
(c) His cousin.
(d) His mother.

Short Answer Questions

1. 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.

2. Where does the kid have "Star Spangled" nails in The Pill versus The Springhill Mine Disaster?

3. Who is on the FBI wanted poste,r in Trout Fishing in America's Chapter 19, "Trout Fishing in America with the FBI"?

4. What time does Brautigan write is "correct time:/ with your long blonde hair" in "The Shenevertakesherwatchoff Poem" dedicated in The Pill versus The Springhill Mine Disaster?

5. What does the narrator plant in Chapter 28, "Nine Things" of In Watermelon Sugar?

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