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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Brautigan talks of a ballet to be performed where in Chapter 9, "The Ballet for Trout Fishing in America" of Trout Fishing in America?
(a) U.C.L.A.
(b) Harvard.
(c) Yale.
(d) N.Y.U.

2. What season begins Chapter 10, "A Waldon Pond for Winos" of Trout Fishing in America?
(a) Summer.
(b) Autumn.
(c) Winter.
(d) Spring.

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

4. 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) 4 a.m.
(b) 3 a.m.
(c) 2 a.m.
(d) 1 a.m.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Chapter 6, "Another Way of Making Walnut Catsup" in Trout Fishing in America, has how many recipes?

2. When was "The Star-Spangled Banner" written by Francis Scott Key, as cited in The Pill versus The Springhill Mine Disaster?

3. 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?

4. In Trout Fishing in America's Chapter 17, "The Message," Brautigan receives a message by his camp in which says what?

5. There is a ten foot statue of a what near the fish hatchery at iDEATH in In Watermelon Sugar?

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