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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. "A fart smells like a marriage between an avocado and a" what in "December 30" in The Pill versus The Springhill Mine Disaster?
(a) Caterpillar.
(b) Rotten egg.
(c) Fish head.
(d) Pipe.

2. What does the funeral wreath say on the plant in Chapter 9, "The Ballet for Trout Fishing in America" in Trout Fishing in America?
(a) "I Like Ike."
(b) "I'm for Nixon."
(c) "Gone Fishing."
(d) "Away West."

3. What color hair is referred to throughout "Horse Child Breakfast" in The Pill versus The Springhill Mine Disaster?
(a) Brunette.
(b) Red.
(c) Black.
(d) Blond.

4. Who is Trout Fishing in America Shorty mailed to in Trout Fishing in America?
(a) James Nelson.
(b) Nelson Algren.
(c) Anderson Miller.
(d) Mark Rosston.

5. Who leaves a note on the shack door in Chapter 28, "Nine Things" of In Watermelon Sugar?
(a) Margaret.
(b) Pauline.
(c) inBOIL.
(d) Sarah.

Short Answer Questions

1. The girl brings strawberries picked near the statue of what in Chapter 22, "Strawberries" of In Watermelon Sugar?

2. What is the narrator surrounded by at the fish hatchery in Chapter 80, "Margaret Again, Again, Again, Again, Again" of In Watermelon Sugar?

3. What does the narrator write is "something else" in Chapter 12, "Margaret Again" of In Watermelon Sugar?

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

5. Who talks in their sleep in Chapter 18, "A Lamb at False Dawn" of In Watermelon Sugar?

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