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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is encountered in the cafe in Chapter 62, "Meat Loaf" of In Watermelon Sugar?
(a) Doc Edwards.
(b) Joe Shack.
(c) Paul Smith.
(d) Mike Edwards.

2. The narrator writes of the tigers killing whom in Chapter 16, "Arithmetic" of In Watermelon Sugar?
(a) His sister.
(b) His brother.
(c) His parents.
(d) His uncle.

3. Along what river is Brautigan traveling in Chapter 4, "Red Lip" in Trout Fishing in America?
(a) Alpine River.
(b) Kentucky River.
(c) Steelhead River.
(d) Klamath River.

4. Ketchikan is a small town in what state?
(a) Alaska.
(b) Washington.
(c) Oregon.
(d) California.

5. In Chapter 36, "Sandbox Minus John Dillinger Equals What?" of Trout Fishing in America, who does Brautigan recall setting up John Dillinger?
(a) The woman in red.
(b) The woman in black.
(c) The woman in blue.
(d) The woman in white.

Short Answer Questions

1. How old does Brautigan write while he was playing checkers in "The Chinese Checker Players" in The Pill versus The Springhill Mine Disaster?

2. What is written above the door of the church described in Chapter 1, "The Cover for Trout Fishing in America"?

3. Where does Brautigan say he is staying in Chapter 4, "Red Lip" of Trout Fishing in America?

4. What does Margaret make for breakfast in Chapter 21, "Margaret Again, Again" of In Watermelon Sugar?

5. Brautigan finds a statue of a what in Trout Fishing in America's Chapter 23, "On Paradise"?

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