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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through In Watermelon Sugar.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is one of the women looking at in "Alas, Measured Perfectly" from The Pill versus The Springhill Mine Disaster?
(a) Flowers.
(b) Fish.
(c) Fruit.
(d) Horses.

2. In Trout Fishing in America, Hayman Creek is named for Charles Hayman, an unpleasant old man who caught and ate ____ trout in his shack near the creek.
(a) Fresh.
(b) Golden.
(c) Raw.
(d) Rotten.

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

4. 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?
(a) American Civil War.
(b) French and Indian War.
(c) American Revolution.
(d) Spanish Civil War.

5. Chapter 6, "Another Way of Making Walnut Catsup" in Trout Fishing in America, has how many recipes?
(a) 7.
(b) 2.
(c) 5.
(d) 4.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do the Chinese smoke in "A Postcard from Chinatown" in The Pill versus The Springhill Mine Disaster?

2. Where does the kid have "Star Spangled" nails in The Pill versus The Springhill Mine Disaster?

3. Who has died in Chapter 67, "The Grand Old Trout Again" of In Watermelon Sugar?

4. Where does Brautigan go fishing in Chapter 12, "Trout Fishing on the Bevel" of Trout Fishing in America?

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

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