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

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

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

4. Where does Brautigan say he is staying in Chapter 4, "Red Lip" of Trout Fishing in America?
(a) Montana Falls.
(b) Anderson.
(c) Steelhead.
(d) Rough Lake.

5. Brautigan says he learned about trout fishing in America from his stepfather in what year?
(a) 1942.
(b) 1959.
(c) 1938.
(d) 1945.

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

2. What beverage does Brautagin write of drinking in Washington Park in Chapter 10, "A Waldon Pond for Winos" in Trout Fishing in America?

3. What season begins Chapter 10, "A Waldon Pond for Winos" of Trout Fishing in America?

4. What does Brautigan refer to as "the John Dillinger capital of America" in Trout Fishing in America?

5. Who is the field boss under whom Brautigan works as a cherry-picker in Trout Fishing in America?

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