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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What traps and eats insects in Chapter 9, "The Ballet for Trout Fishing in America" in Trout Fishing in America?
(a) The Snake Lily.
(b) The Cobra Lily.
(c) The Casper Lily.
(d) The Golden Lily.

2. In Trout Fishing in America's Chapter 17, "The Message," Brautigan receives a message by his camp in which says what?
(a) "Hello."
(b) "Remember the alamo."
(c) "Stalingrad."
(d) "I Like Ike."

3. In Trout Fishing in America's Chapter 20, "Worsewick," Brautigan describes having sex with a woman in a stream full of what?
(a) Frogs.
(b) Butterflies.
(c) Tadpoles.
(d) Dead fish.

4. Who is on the FBI wanted poste,r in Trout Fishing in America's Chapter 19, "Trout Fishing in America with the FBI"?
(a) Richard Lawrence Marquette.
(b) John Dillinger.
(c) Buster Keason.
(d) Jesse James.

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 blue.
(c) The woman in white.
(d) The woman in black.

6. Where does Brautigan find a cabin in Trout Fishing in America's Chapter 27, "The Teddy Roosevelt Chingader"?
(a) Little Redfish Lake.
(b) Steelhead Lake.
(c) Tom Anderson Creek.
(d) Oregon Falls.

7. In Trout Fishing in America's Chapter 40, "Witness for Trout Fishing in America Peace," Brautigan describes a Trout Fishing in America peace march from Sunnyvale to where?
(a) San Francisco.
(b) Los Angeles.
(c) New York.
(d) Sacramento.

8. In Chapter 3, "Knock on Wood, Part II," of Trout Fishing in America, Brautigan recounts his first trout fishing experience where?
(a) San Francisco, CA.
(b) Portland, OR.
(c) Portland, ME.
(d) Seattle, WA.

9. In Chapter 42, "The Cleveland Wrecking Yard," of Trout Fishing in America, Brautigan takes a San Francisco bus to the Cleveland Wrecking Yard, where a used trout stream is for sale at ___ per foot.
(a) $7.50.
(b) $4.50.
(c) $10.50.
(d) $6.50.

10. From where are the visiting winos Brautigan drinks with in Chapter 10, "A Walden Pond for Winos" in Trout Fishing in America?
(a) Denver.
(b) Memphis.
(c) New Orleans.
(d) Baton Rouge.

11. What does the waterfall turn out to be in Chapter 3, "Knock on Wood, Part II," of Trout Fishing in America?
(a) A woman.
(b) An angel.
(c) A staircase.
(d) A trout.

12. What is living up high in the mountains at Grider Creek, according to Brautigan in Chapter 8, "Grider Creek" in Trout Fishing in America?
(a) Banded Oregon Trout.
(b) Eastern Brook Trout.
(c) Northern Brook Trout.
(d) Rainbow Trout.

13. A pound of what is added to Walnut Catsup in Chapter 6, "Another Way of Making Walnut Catsup" in Trout Fishing in America?
(a) Ketchup.
(b) Anchovies.
(c) Tomatoes.
(d) Mustard.

14. In 1956, who spoke under the tall cypress tree described in Chapter 1, "The Cover for Trout Fishing in America"?
(a) Abraham Lincoln.
(b) Sarah Berhardt.
(c) Adlai Stevenson.
(d) Anderson Lee.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Trout Fishing in America Shorty mailed to in Trout Fishing in America?

2. In Chapter 7, "Prologue to Grider Creek" of Trout Fishing in America, a man buys a house whose basement is filled with what?

3. What has been placed along the creek to kill coyotes in Trout Fishing in America's Chapter 25, "The Salt Creek Coyotes"?

4. Brautigan writes Lord Byran died in Greece in what year, in Trout Fishing in America?

5. What does Brautigan refer to as "the John Dillinger capital of America" in Trout Fishing in America?

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