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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. 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) Yale.
(b) Harvard.
(c) N.Y.U.
(d) U.C.L.A.

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

4. What does Brautigan associate trout with in Trout Fishing in America?
(a) Fear.
(b) Steel.
(c) Women.
(d) Love.

5. Brautigan finds a statue of a what in Trout Fishing in America's Chapter 23, "On Paradise"?
(a) Greek Goddess.
(b) Civilian Conserevation Corps worker.
(c) Benjamin Franklin.
(d) American Soldier.

6. Where do Brautigan and his friend mix four quarts of Kool-Aid and water in Chapter 5, "The KoolAid Wino" in Trout Fishing in America?
(a) The chicken coop.
(b) The frontyard.
(c) The schoolyard.
(d) The backyard.

7. In Trout Fishing in America, Brautigan writes that death by what is cruel and unusual?
(a) Beating.
(b) Port wine.
(c) Whiskey.
(d) Fishing.

8. 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) Rainbow Trout.
(b) Eastern Brook Trout.
(c) Northern Brook Trout.
(d) Banded Oregon Trout.

9. What is written above the door of the church described in Chapter 1, "The Cover for Trout Fishing in America"?
(a) "Per L'Incerno."
(b) "Per L'Universo."
(c) "In God's Name."
(d) "All are Welcome."

10. Where, near the Klamath River in Trout Fishing in America, does Brautigan gets lost in a wilderness of brush and poison oak?
(a) Sal Winter Creek.
(b) Tom Martin Creek.
(c) Anderson Creek.
(d) Borristown Creek.

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

12. Where does Brautigan's fishing pal catch a trout and kill it with port in Trout Fishing in America?
(a) Casper Creek.
(b) Millville Creek.
(c) Owl Snuff Creek.
(d) Tom Anderson Creek.

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

14. Brautigan says he learned about trout fishing in America from his stepfather in what year?
(a) 1945.
(b) 1938.
(c) 1959.
(d) 1942.

15. What has been placed along the creek to kill coyotes in Trout Fishing in America's Chapter 25, "The Salt Creek Coyotes"?
(a) Steel wire.
(b) Cyanide capsules.
(c) Poisoned meat.
(d) Metal traps.

Short Answer Questions

1. From where are the visiting winos Brautigan drinks with in Chapter 10, "A Walden Pond for Winos" in Trout Fishing in America?

2. In Trout Fishing in America, Hayman Creek is named for Charles Hayman, an unpleasant old man who caught and ate ____ trout in his shack near the creek.

3. By what mountains is Brautigan's cabin in Trout Fishing in America's Chapter 27, "The Teddy Roosevelt Chingader"?

4. How many years after Charles Hayman's death do Game and Fish decide to place trout in Hayman Creek in Trout Fishing in America?

5. The notorious criminal, in Trout Fishing in America's Chapter 22, "The Mayor of the 20th Century," is compared to who?

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