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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 36, "Sandbox Minus John Dillinger Equals What?" of Trout Fishing in America, who does Brautigan recall setting up John Dillinger?
(a) The woman in white.
(b) The woman in blue.
(c) The woman in red.
(d) The woman in black.

2. Where does Brautigan write of going to bed in "The Beautiful Poem" of The Pill versus The Springhill Mine Disaster?
(a) Los Angeles.
(b) Sacramento.
(c) Portland.
(d) Eureka.

3. How are Ophelia's clothes spread in "The Rape of Ophelia" in The Pill versus The Springhill Mine Disaster?
(a) Mermaid-like.
(b) Fish-like.
(c) Vine-like.
(d) Tendril-like.

4. Brautigan talks of a ballet to be performed where in Chapter 9, "The Ballet for Trout Fishing in America" of Trout Fishing in America?
(a) Yale.
(b) N.Y.U.
(c) Harvard.
(d) U.C.L.A.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. The third recipe listed, by Brautigan in Chapter 6, "Another Way of Making Walnut Catsup" of Trout Fishing in America, is for "A Spoonful _____."

2. What is the girl wearing in "Mating Saliva" from The Pill versus The Springhill Mine Disaster?

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

4. 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?

5. Brautigan writes of a street lined with trees with intestines like what in "Death is a Beautiful Car Parked Only" in The Pill versus The Springhill Mine Disaster?

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