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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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) "All are Welcome."
(c) "Per L'Universo."
(d) "In God's Name."

2. 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?
(a) American Civil War.
(b) American Revolution.
(c) Spanish Civil War.
(d) French and Indian War.

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

4. Where does Brautigan say he is staying in Chapter 4, "Red Lip" of Trout Fishing in America?
(a) Anderson.
(b) Rough Lake.
(c) Steelhead.
(d) Montana Falls.

5. Who is the field boss under whom Brautigan works as a cherry-picker in Trout Fishing in America?
(a) Old Man Nelson.
(b) Rebel Smith.
(c) Jackie Brown.
(d) Old Charlie.

6. Brautigan presents recipes for dining with whom in Chapter 6, "Another Way of Making Walnut Catsup" of Trout Fishing in America?
(a) Alexander Wilde.
(b) Maria Callais.
(c) Benjamin Franklin.
(d) Marcus Arelius.

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

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

9. In Chapter 1, "The Cover for Trout Fishing in America," Miller writes that Benjamin Franklin died in what year?
(a) 1800.
(b) 1796.
(c) 1694.
(d) 1790.

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

11. 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'm for Nixon."
(b) "I Like Ike."
(c) "Away West."
(d) "Gone Fishing."

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

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

14. 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) New Orleans.
(c) Memphis.
(d) Baton Rouge.

15. In Trout Fishing in America's Chapter 37, "The Last Time I Saw Trout Fishing in America," Brautigan encounters Trout Fishing in America while fishing where in Idaho?
(a) Sawtooth River.
(b) Little Creek River.
(c) Jacksonville River.
(d) Big Wood River.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Trout Fishing in America, Brautigan writes that death by what is cruel and unusual?

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

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

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

5. What does Brautigan associate trout with in Trout Fishing in America?

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