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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 is the woman wearing in the cover photograph of the book Trout Fishing in America?
(a) A bandana.
(b) A fishing hat.
(c) A scarf.
(d) A sombrero.

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

3. Where does Brautigan go fishing in Chapter 12, "Trout Fishing on the Bevel" of Trout Fishing in America?
(a) Sal Winter Creek.
(b) Anderson Creek.
(c) Tom Martin Creek.
(d) Graveyard Creek.

4. Where does Brautigan find a cabin in Trout Fishing in America's Chapter 27, "The Teddy Roosevelt Chingader"?
(a) Tom Anderson Creek.
(b) Little Redfish Lake.
(c) Oregon Falls.
(d) Steelhead Lake.

5. In Trout Fishing in America's Chapter 17, "The Message," Brautigan comes upon a herd of sheep driven by a man who resembles whom?
(a) Stalin.
(b) Eisenhower.
(c) Adolph Hitler.
(d) Truman.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. In Trout Fishing in America's Chapter 20, "Worsewick," Brautigan describes having sex with a woman in a stream full of what?

3. In Trout Fishing in America's Chapter 37, "The Last Time I Saw Trout Fishing in America," Brautigan encounters Trout Fishing in America while fishing where in Idaho?

4. From where are the visiting winos Brautigan drinks with in Chapter 10, "A Walden Pond for Winos" in Trout Fishing in America?

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

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