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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What time is cited in "Alas, Measured Perfectly" from The Pill versus The Springhill Mine Disaster?
(a) 3:20 p.m.
(b) 5:20 p.m.
(c) 3:43 p.m.
(d) 4:15 p.m.

2. 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 York.
(b) New Hampshire.
(c) New England.
(d) New Jersey.

3. A piece of what falls off the wooden salad bowl in "Haiku Ambulance" in The Pill versus The Springhill Mine Disaster?
(a) Tomato.
(b) Potato.
(c) Green pepper.
(d) Salad.

4. What does Brautigan harbor himself towards in "Hey, Bacon!" in The Pill versus The Springhill Mine Disaster?
(a) An omelet.
(b) Pancakes.
(c) Two eggs scrambled.
(d) Two eggs over easy.

5. Who was driving a Model A in "The Galilee Hitch-Hiker" from The Pill versus The Springhill Mine Disaster?
(a) Camus.
(b) Alexander Hamilton.
(c) Ben Franklin.
(d) Baudelaire.

6. "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 Oak.
(c) Poison Ivy.
(d) Aneurism.

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

8. "Widow's Lament" in The Pill versus The Springhill Mine Disaster says that it is not quite cold enough to ask the neighbors for what?
(a) Firewood.
(b) Food.
(c) Money.
(d) Help.

9. Where do the old people sit in "A Postcard from Chinatown" in The Pill versus The Springhill Mine Disaster?
(a) The shower.
(b) The sink.
(c) The kitchen.
(d) The bathtub.

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

11. Brautigan writes in "Man" in The Pill versus The Springhill Mine Disaster that the man stands five inches taller than what?
(a) A suitcase.
(b) A dandelion.
(c) A taxicab.
(d) A schoolbus.

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

13. Where are the stars described in "Poker Star" from The Pill versus The Springhill Mine Disaster?
(a) Washington.
(b) California.
(c) Oregon.
(d) Kentucky.

14. What color hair is referred to throughout "Horse Child Breakfast" in The Pill versus The Springhill Mine Disaster?
(a) Blond.
(b) Brunette.
(c) Black.
(d) Red.

15. 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?
(a) Gold.
(b) Cotton candy.
(c) Emerald.
(d) Rivers.

Short Answer Questions

1. "Death is a Beautiful Car Parked Only" in The Pill versus The Springhill Mine Disaster is dedicated to whom?

2. What does Brautigan write he wants to shower him with maps in "Map Shower" in The Pill versus The Springhill Mine Disaster?

3. What is the girl wearing in "Mating Saliva" from The Pill versus The Springhill Mine Disaster?

4. For whom is "A Candlelion Poem" dedicated in The Pill versus The Springhill Mine Disaster?

5. What is the lion standing in the edges of in "A Candlelion Poem" in The Pill versus The Springhill Mine Disaster?

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