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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. 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 black.
(b) The woman in blue.
(c) The woman in white.
(d) The woman in red.

4. 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.
(a) Rotten.
(b) Raw.
(c) Golden.
(d) Fresh.

5. Where does Brautigan describe hiking in Trout Fishing in America's Chapter 27, "The Teddy Roosevelt Chingader"?
(a) Idaho.
(b) Oregon.
(c) Kentucky.
(d) California.

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

7. The notorious criminal, in Trout Fishing in America's Chapter 22, "The Mayor of the 20th Century," is compared to who?
(a) Ted Kawinski.
(b) Jack the Ripper.
(c) Bad Boy Nelson.
(d) Jesse James.

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

9. Whose fishing log book does Brautigan find in Trout Fishing in America's Chapter 34, "Trout Fishing on the Street of Eternity"?
(a) John Francis'.
(b) Mark Matthews.
(c) Michael Miller's.
(d) Alonso Hagen's.

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

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

12. Where does Brautigan go fishing in Chapter 12, "Trout Fishing on the Bevel" of Trout Fishing in America?
(a) Tom Martin Creek.
(b) Sal Winter Creek.
(c) Graveyard Creek.
(d) Anderson Creek.

13. Brautigan writes Lord Byran died in Greece in what year, in Trout Fishing in America?
(a) 1900.
(b) 1845.
(c) 1903.
(d) 1824.

14. 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) Big Wood River.
(b) Jacksonville River.
(c) Little Creek River.
(d) Sawtooth River.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where, near the Klamath River in Trout Fishing in America, does Brautigan gets lost in a wilderness of brush and poison oak?

2. How far downriver must Brautigan travel to get home in Chapter 4, "Red Lip" in Trout Fishing in America?

3. What type of apples are called for in "Compote of Apples" in Trout Fishing in America?

4. 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.

5. What is the woman wearing in the cover photograph of the book Trout Fishing in America?

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