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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 the poem "I Feel Horrible. She Doesn't" from The Pill versus The Springhill Mine Disaster, what does Brautigan write he wanders around the house like?
(a) A potato.
(b) An airplane.
(c) A sewing machine.
(d) A flower.

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

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

4. How old does Brautigan write while he was playing checkers in "The Chinese Checker Players" in The Pill versus The Springhill Mine Disaster?
(a) Three.
(b) Five.
(c) Two.
(d) Six.

5. In Chapter 3, "Knock on Wood, Part II," of Trout Fishing in America, Brautigan recounts his first trout fishing experience where?
(a) San Francisco, CA.
(b) Seattle, WA.
(c) Portland, OR.
(d) Portland, ME.

Short Answer Questions

1. What has been placed along the creek to kill coyotes in Trout Fishing in America's Chapter 25, "The Salt Creek Coyotes"?

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

3. What does Brautigan refer to as "the John Dillinger capital of America" in Trout Fishing in America?

4. What year is cited in "Alas, Measured Perfectly" from The Pill versus The Springhill Mine Disaster?

5. 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?

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