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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. Which poem from The Pill versus The Springhill Mine Disaster ends with the line, "Without you, I am dead"?
(a) "Alibone Dinner."
(b) "Artichoke Mother."
(c) "Sonnett."
(d) "Adrenalin Mother."

2. "December 30" in The Pill versus The Springhill Mine Disaster cites what time in the morning?
(a) 1:03.
(b) 2:34.
(c) 1:15.
(d) 1:11.

3. Where do Brautigan and his friend mix four quarts of Kool-Aid and water in Chapter 5, "The KoolAid Wino" in Trout Fishing in America?
(a) The frontyard.
(b) The schoolyard.
(c) The chicken coop.
(d) The backyard.

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

5. What does Ophelia float like in "The Rape of Ophelia" in The Pill versus The Springhill Mine Disaster?
(a) An autumn breeze.
(b) An April church.
(c) An August moon.
(d) A summer sunset.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many children does the woman have in the basement in "Education" in The Pill versus The Springhill Mine Disaster?

2. In Chapter 1, "The Cover for Trout Fishing in America," Miller writes that Benjamin Franklin died in what year?

3. What color light drips in "Your Necklace is Leaking" of The Pill versus The Springhill Mine Disaster?

4. "A fart smells like a marriage between an avocado and a" what in "December 30" in The Pill versus The Springhill Mine Disaster?

5. What does Brautigan say he saw crucified on a barbed-wire fence in "The Double-Bed Dream Gallows" from The Pill versus The Springhill Mine Disaster?

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