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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. For whom is "A Candlelion Poem" dedicated in The Pill versus The Springhill Mine Disaster?
(a) Emmett.
(b) Sarah.
(c) Marcia.
(d) Michael.

2. For whom is "I've Never Had It Done So Gently Before" dedicated in The Pill versus The Springhill Mine Disaster?
(a) Madeline.
(b) M.
(c) John.
(d) Emmett.

3. Ketchikan is a small town in what state?
(a) Oregon.
(b) California.
(c) Alaska.
(d) Washington.

4. When was "The Star-Spangled Banner" written by Francis Scott Key, as cited in The Pill versus The Springhill Mine Disaster?
(a) 1939.
(b) 1941.
(c) 1956.
(d) 1931.

5. What is the title of the poem in The Pill versus The Springhill Mine Disaster which reads, "Ah, you're just a copy of all the candy bars I've ever eaten"?
(a) Past Candy Bar.
(b) Candy Hurricane.
(c) Xerox Candy Bar.
(d) Candy Bar Repeat.

6. Brautigan writes to "burn all the ___ to your body" in "The Double-Bed Dream Gallows" from The Pill versus The Springhill Mine Disaster.
(a) Love.
(b) Kisses.
(c) Maps.
(d) Hair.

7. What does Brautigan write he wants to shower him with maps in "Map Shower" in The Pill versus The Springhill Mine Disaster?
(a) Kisses.
(b) Arms.
(c) Hair.
(d) Lips.

8. "I Lie Here in a Strange Girl's Apartment" from The Pill versus The Springhill Mine Disaster says that the woman is afflicted with what?
(a) Epilepsy.
(b) Poison Ivy.
(c) Aneurism.
(d) Poison Oak.

9. What is the lion standing in the edges of in "A Candlelion Poem" in The Pill versus The Springhill Mine Disaster?
(a) The glass.
(b) The doorways.
(c) The shadows.
(d) The grass.

10. What does Great Sparrow pull between the children in "Education" from The Pill versus The Springhill Mine Disaster?
(a) A blue wagon.
(b) A mule cart.
(c) A red wagon.
(d) A silver cart.

11. What season is it in "The Double-Bed Dream Gallows" from The Pill versus The Springhill Mine Disaster?
(a) Autumn.
(b) Winter.
(c) Summer.
(d) Spring.

12. Above what does Brautigan write "medieval flames like a burning castle" rise in "Your Departure Versus the Hindenburg" in The Pill versus The Springhill Mine Disaster?
(a) New Hampshire.
(b) New Jersey.
(c) New York.
(d) New England.

13. Where does Brautigan write he found the poem "San Francisco" in The Pill versus The Springhill Mine Disaster?
(a) A hunting lodge.
(b) A laundromat.
(c) A gas station.
(d) A bar.

14. What is the glass square surrounded by in "The Fever Monument" in The Pill versus The Springhill Mine Disaster?
(a) Statues.
(b) Blue flowers.
(c) Trees.
(d) Red flowers.

15. "December 30" in The Pill versus The Springhill Mine Disaster cites what time in the morning?
(a) 2:34.
(b) 1:15.
(c) 1:11.
(d) 1:03.

Short Answer Questions

1. What color hair is referred to throughout "Horse Child Breakfast" in The Pill versus The Springhill Mine Disaster?

2. What does one of the players have in "Poker Star" from The Pill Versus The Springhill Mine Disaster?

3. Brautigan writes of a street lined with trees with intestines like what in "Death is a Beautiful Car Parked Only" in The Pill versus The Springhill Mine Disaster?

4. What river does Brautigan write of in "Education" in The Pill versus The Springhill Mine Disaster?

5. What do the Chinese smoke in "A Postcard from Chinatown" in The Pill versus The Springhill Mine Disaster?

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