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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. When is the best time to climb the silver stairs in "The Silver Stairs of Ketchikan" in The Pill versus The Springhill Mine Disaster?
(a) 2 a.m.
(b) 3 a.m.
(c) 1 a.m.
(d) 4 a.m.

2. What does the waterfall turn out to be in Chapter 3, "Knock on Wood, Part II," of Trout Fishing in America?
(a) A trout.
(b) A woman.
(c) A staircase.
(d) An angel.

3. In Chapter 1, "The Cover for Trout Fishing in America," Miller writes that Benjamin Franklin died in what year?
(a) 1694.
(b) 1796.
(c) 1800.
(d) 1790.

4. What is the lion standing in the edges of in "A Candlelion Poem" in The Pill versus The Springhill Mine Disaster?
(a) The shadows.
(b) The glass.
(c) The grass.
(d) The doorways.

5. In Trout Fishing in America's Chapter 37, "The Last Time I Saw Trout Fishing in America," Brautigan encounters Trout Fishing in America while fishing where in Idaho?
(a) Little Creek River.
(b) Sawtooth River.
(c) Big Wood River.
(d) Jacksonville River.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. 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?

3. For whom is "A Candlelion Poem" dedicated in The Pill versus The Springhill Mine Disaster?

4. 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?

5. "Death is a Beautiful Car Parked Only" in The Pill versus The Springhill Mine Disaster is dedicated to whom?

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