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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What color light drips in "Your Necklace is Leaking" of The Pill versus The Springhill Mine Disaster?
(a) Black.
(b) Red.
(c) Silver.
(d) Blue.

4. How old does Brautigan write while he was playing checkers in "The Chinese Checker Players" in The Pill versus The Springhill Mine Disaster?
(a) Two.
(b) Six.
(c) Five.
(d) Three.

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

6. What does Ophelia float like in "The Rape of Ophelia" in The Pill versus The Springhill Mine Disaster?
(a) An autumn breeze.
(b) A summer sunset.
(c) An April church.
(d) An August moon.

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

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

9. What type of dawn does Brautigan write of in "Your Necklace is Leaking" of The Pill versus The Springhill Mine Disaster?
(a) California.
(b) Mexican.
(c) African.
(d) East coast.

10. "A fart smells like a marriage between an avocado and a" what in "December 30" in The Pill versus The Springhill Mine Disaster?
(a) Pipe.
(b) Caterpillar.
(c) Rotten egg.
(d) Fish head.

11. To whom is "The Shenevertakesherwatchoff Poem" dedicated in The Pill versus The Springhill Mine Disaster?
(a) Sarah.
(b) Marie.
(c) Pauline.
(d) Marcia.

12. What does one of the players have in "Poker Star" from The Pill Versus The Springhill Mine Disaster?
(a) Two pair.
(b) A full house.
(c) A straight.
(d) Three of a kind.

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

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

15. 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) Candy Bar Repeat.
(b) Xerox Candy Bar.
(c) Candy Hurricane.
(d) Past Candy Bar.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where are the stars described in "Poker Star" from The Pill versus The Springhill Mine Disaster?

2. Brautigan writes to "burn all the ___ to your body" in "The Double-Bed Dream Gallows" from The Pill versus The Springhill Mine Disaster.

3. 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?

4. The poem, "All Watched Over By Machines of Loving Grace" from The Pill versus The Springhill Mine Disaster, talks of deer walking past what?

5. "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?

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