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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 46 "The Mayonnaise Chapter" in Trout Fishing in America discusses the death of whom?
(a) Mr. Nice.
(b) Mr. Good.
(c) Mr. Johnson.
(d) Mr. Smith.

2. In Chapter 1, "The Cover for Trout Fishing in America," Miller writes that Benjamin Franklin died in what year?
(a) 1796.
(b) 1694.
(c) 1790.
(d) 1800.

3. Brautigan talks of a ballet to be performed where in Chapter 9, "The Ballet for Trout Fishing in America" of Trout Fishing in America?
(a) U.C.L.A.
(b) N.Y.U.
(c) Yale.
(d) Harvard.

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

5. Who is on the FBI wanted poste,r in Trout Fishing in America's Chapter 19, "Trout Fishing in America with the FBI"?
(a) Richard Lawrence Marquette.
(b) John Dillinger.
(c) Jesse James.
(d) Buster Keason.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Where do Brautigan and his friend mix four quarts of Kool-Aid and water in Chapter 5, "The KoolAid Wino" in Trout Fishing in America?

3. In Trout Fishing in America's Chapter 17, "The Message," Brautigan comes upon a herd of sheep driven by a man who resembles whom?

4. What type of apples are called for in "Compote of Apples" in Trout Fishing in America?

5. Where does Brautigan describe hiking in Trout Fishing in America's Chapter 27, "The Teddy Roosevelt Chingader"?

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