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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Chapter 36, "Sandbox Minus John Dillinger Equals What?" of Trout Fishing in America, who does Brautigan recall setting up John Dillinger?
(a) The woman in blue.
(b) The woman in white.
(c) The woman in red.
(d) The woman in black.

2. What does the waterfall turn out to be in Chapter 3, "Knock on Wood, Part II," of Trout Fishing in America?
(a) A staircase.
(b) A woman.
(c) An angel.
(d) A trout.

3. Which poem in The Pill versus The Springhill Mine Disaster reads "Every time I see him, I think:/ Gee, am I glad he's not/ my old man"?
(a) "Hair Breakfast."
(b) "Sonnet."
(c) "The Way She Looks At It."
(d) "I'm Hurting. She's Not."

4. Brautigan finds a statue of a what in Trout Fishing in America's Chapter 23, "On Paradise"?
(a) Civilian Conserevation Corps worker.
(b) Benjamin Franklin.
(c) Greek Goddess.
(d) American Soldier.

5. What does the narrator plant in Chapter 28, "Nine Things" of In Watermelon Sugar?
(a) Flower seeds.
(b) Tomato seeds.
(c) Olive seeds.
(d) Apple seeds.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Brautigan find a cabin in Trout Fishing in America's Chapter 27, "The Teddy Roosevelt Chingader"?

2. In Chapter 3, "Knock on Wood, Part II," of Trout Fishing in America, Brautigan recounts his first trout fishing experience where?

3. Where does Brautigan write he found the poem "San Francisco" in The Pill versus The Springhill Mine Disaster?

4. How are Ophelia's clothes spread in "The Rape of Ophelia" in The Pill versus The Springhill Mine Disaster?

5. Who is Trout Fishing in America Shorty mailed to in Trout Fishing in America?

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