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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Pill versus The Springhill Mine Disaster.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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) Dogs.
(c) Fleas.
(d) Rats.

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

3. What are the three poker players in "Poker Star" from The Pill Versus The Springhill Mine Disaster?
(a) Rabbits.
(b) Sheepherders.
(c) Dogs.
(d) Cowboys.

4. 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?
(a) Jacksonville River.
(b) Big Wood River.
(c) Sawtooth River.
(d) Little Creek River.

5. Brautigan writes "The sweet juices of your mouth are like ____ bathed in honey" in "I've Never Had It Done So Gently Before" in The Pill versus The Springhill Mine Disaster?
(a) Trout.
(b) Castles.
(c) Rainbows.
(d) Sunsets.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where is the cover photograph described as being taken in Trout Fishing in America?

2. Ketchikan is a small town in what state?

3. When was "The Star-Spangled Banner" written by Francis Scott Key, as cited in The Pill versus The Springhill Mine Disaster?

4. What does one of the players have in "Poker Star" from The Pill Versus The Springhill Mine Disaster?

5. What is living up high in the mountains at Grider Creek, according to Brautigan in Chapter 8, "Grider Creek" in Trout Fishing in America?

(see the answer key)

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