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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. Brautigan writes in Chapter 8, "Grider Creek" of Trout Fishing in America that the large creeks were running muddy from the snow melting off what mountains?
(a) Marble Mountains.
(b) Silver Mountains.
(c) Boonville Mountains.
(d) Golden Mountains.

2. A piece of what falls off the wooden salad bowl in "Haiku Ambulance" in The Pill versus The Springhill Mine Disaster?
(a) Potato.
(b) Salad.
(c) Tomato.
(d) Green pepper.

3. To whom is "Map Shower" in The Pill versus The Springhill Mine Disaster dedicated?
(a) Emmett.
(b) Marie.
(c) Pauline.
(d) Marcia.

4. What beverage does Brautagin write of drinking in Washington Park in Chapter 10, "A Waldon Pond for Winos" in Trout Fishing in America?
(a) Port.
(b) Sherry.
(c) Whiskey.
(d) Vodka.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Brautigan says he learned about trout fishing in America from his stepfather in what year?

2. In Trout Fishing in America's Chapter 17, "The Message," Brautigan comes upon a herd of sheep driven by a man who resembles whom?

3. What are the three poker players in "Poker Star" from The Pill Versus The Springhill Mine Disaster?

4. What is the lion standing in the edges of in "A Candlelion Poem" in The Pill versus The Springhill Mine Disaster?

5. Brautigan writes Lord Byran died in Greece in what year, in Trout Fishing in America?

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