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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. What does Brautigan associate trout with in Trout Fishing in America?
(a) Women.
(b) Fear.
(c) Love.
(d) Steel.

2. 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 red.
(b) The woman in black.
(c) The woman in white.
(d) The woman in blue.

3. 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) $4.50.
(c) $7.50.
(d) $6.50.

4. In Trout Fishing in America's Chapter 20, "Worsewick," Brautigan describes having sex with a woman in a stream full of what?
(a) Frogs.
(b) Dead fish.
(c) Butterflies.
(d) Tadpoles.

5. In Chapter 13, in what year does Brautigan stop in a bookstore in "Sea, Sea Rider" of Trout Fishing in America?
(a) 1959.
(b) 1948.
(c) 1956.
(d) 1967.

Short Answer Questions

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

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. Brautigan finds a statue of a what in Trout Fishing in America's Chapter 23, "On Paradise"?

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

5. The third recipe listed, by Brautigan in Chapter 6, "Another Way of Making Walnut Catsup" of Trout Fishing in America, is for "A Spoonful _____."

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