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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) Baton Rouge.
(b) New Orleans.
(c) Memphis.
(d) Denver.

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

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

4. Who is the field boss under whom Brautigan works as a cherry-picker in Trout Fishing in America?
(a) Old Man Nelson.
(b) Jackie Brown.
(c) Old Charlie.
(d) Rebel Smith.

5. 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.
(a) $10.50.
(b) $6.50.
(c) $4.50.
(d) $7.50.

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

2. What is written above the door of the church described in Chapter 1, "The Cover for Trout Fishing in America"?

3. How many years after Charles Hayman's death do Game and Fish decide to place trout in Hayman Creek in Trout Fishing in America?

4. In Chapter 36, "Sandbox Minus John Dillinger Equals What?" of Trout Fishing in America, who does Brautigan recall setting up John Dillinger?

5. Chapter 46 "The Mayonnaise Chapter" in Trout Fishing in America discusses the death of whom?

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