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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. What is the girl wearing in "Mating Saliva" from The Pill versus The Springhill Mine Disaster?
(a) A summer dress.
(b) A green mini skirt.
(c) An orange skirt.
(d) A red dress.

2. What is one of the women holding in "Alas, Measured Perfectly" from The Pill versus The Springhill Mine Disaster?
(a) A cat.
(b) A dog.
(c) A pigeon.
(d) A turtle.

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

4. "Death is a Beautiful Car Parked Only" in The Pill versus The Springhill Mine Disaster is dedicated to whom?
(a) Marie.
(b) Emmett.
(c) Pauline.
(d) Marcia.

5. Above what does Brautigan write "medieval flames like a burning castle" rise in "Your Departure Versus the Hindenburg" in The Pill versus The Springhill Mine Disaster?
(a) New Jersey.
(b) New York.
(c) New Hampshire.
(d) New England.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is one of the women looking at in "Alas, Measured Perfectly" from The Pill versus The Springhill Mine Disaster?

2. Where do the old people sit in "A Postcard from Chinatown" in The Pill versus The Springhill Mine Disaster?

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

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?

5. 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"?

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