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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Whose fishing log book does Brautigan find in Trout Fishing in America's Chapter 34, "Trout Fishing on the Street of Eternity"?
(a) Michael Miller's.
(b) Alonso Hagen's.
(c) John Francis'.
(d) Mark Matthews.

2. In Chapter 13, in what year does Brautigan stop in a bookstore in "Sea, Sea Rider" of Trout Fishing in America?
(a) 1959.
(b) 1956.
(c) 1967.
(d) 1948.

3. What does Brautigan refer to as "the John Dillinger capital of America" in Trout Fishing in America?
(a) Memphis, Tennessee.
(b) Denver, Colorado.
(c) Casper, Wyoming.
(d) Mooresville, Indiana.

4. Where is the cover photograph described as being taken in Trout Fishing in America?
(a) Washington Square.
(b) The Pacific Ocean.
(c) Wyoming.
(d) Times Square.

5. How many years ago was the statue made in Chapter 7, "The Gentle Cricket" of In Watermelon Sugar?
(a) One.
(b) Three.
(c) Five.
(d) Two.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who answers the door for inBOIL in Chapter 51, "Bacon" of In Watermelon Sugar?

2. What river does Brautigan write of in "Education" in The Pill versus The Springhill Mine Disaster?

3. What does the narrator say "are very nice things, especially after they have traveled back from making love" in In Watermelon Sugar?

4. The trout hatchery in In Watermelon Sugar is built on the exact same spot that what was buried?

5. When does Charley say the last book was written in In Watermelon Water?

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