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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 what direction is the word WELCOME written on the statue described in Trout Fishing in America?
(a) East.
(b) North.
(c) West.
(d) South.

2. Who was driving a Model A in "The Galilee Hitch-Hiker" from The Pill versus The Springhill Mine Disaster?
(a) Camus.
(b) Baudelaire.
(c) Alexander Hamilton.
(d) Ben Franklin.

3. What season is it in "The Double-Bed Dream Gallows" from The Pill versus The Springhill Mine Disaster?
(a) Summer.
(b) Spring.
(c) Winter.
(d) Autumn.

4. What year is cited in "Alas, Measured Perfectly" from The Pill versus The Springhill Mine Disaster?
(a) 1888.
(b) 1924.
(c) 1800.
(d) 1903.

5. Brautigan presents recipes for dining with whom in Chapter 6, "Another Way of Making Walnut Catsup" of Trout Fishing in America?
(a) Marcus Arelius.
(b) Maria Callais.
(c) Benjamin Franklin.
(d) Alexander Wilde.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Trout Fishing in America's Chapter 13, "Sea, Sea Rider," the bookstore owner spins a tale, telling the narrator he fell in love with a woman during the what?

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

3. Along what river is Brautigan traveling in Chapter 4, "Red Lip" in Trout Fishing in America?

4. Which poem in The Pill versus The Springhill Mine Disaster reads "Every time I see him, I think:/ Gee, am I glad he's not/ my old man"?

5. What does the waterfall turn out to be in Chapter 3, "Knock on Wood, Part II," of Trout Fishing in America?

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