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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What time does Brautigan write is "correct time:/ with your long blonde hair" in "The Shenevertakesherwatchoff Poem" dedicated in The Pill versus The Springhill Mine Disaster?
(a) 9:02.
(b) 4:20.
(c) 3:13.
(d) 8:03.

2. How are Ophelia's clothes spread in "The Rape of Ophelia" in The Pill versus The Springhill Mine Disaster?
(a) Vine-like.
(b) Fish-like.
(c) Tendril-like.
(d) Mermaid-like.

3. 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) Baudelaire.
(d) Ben Franklin.

4. 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.

5. Ophelia encounters an evil what in "The Rape of Ophelia" in The Pill versus The Springhill Mine Disaster?
(a) Hunter.
(b) Wolf.
(c) Fisherman.
(d) Shepherd.

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

7. "Death is a Beautiful Car Parked Only" in The Pill versus The Springhill Mine Disaster is dedicated to whom?
(a) Marie.
(b) Pauline.
(c) Emmett.
(d) Marcia.

8. In the poem "I Feel Horrible. She Doesn't" from The Pill versus The Springhill Mine Disaster, what does Brautigan write he wanders around the house like?
(a) A sewing machine.
(b) A flower.
(c) A potato.
(d) An airplane.

9. Brautigan writes "The sweet juices of your mouth are like ____ bathed in honey" in "I've Never Had It Done So Gently Before" in The Pill versus The Springhill Mine Disaster?
(a) Trout.
(b) Rainbows.
(c) Castles.
(d) Sunsets.

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

11. What are the three poker players in "Poker Star" from The Pill Versus The Springhill Mine Disaster?
(a) Rabbits.
(b) Dogs.
(c) Cowboys.
(d) Sheepherders.

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

13. 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) Rivers.
(b) Emerald.
(c) Gold.
(d) Cotton candy.

14. Where does the kid have "Star Spangled" nails in The Pill versus The Springhill Mine Disaster?
(a) His suitcase.
(b) His coffin.
(c) His car.
(d) His bed.

15. Where does Brautigan write of going to bed in "The Beautiful Poem" of The Pill versus The Springhill Mine Disaster?
(a) Sacramento.
(b) Los Angeles.
(c) Eureka.
(d) Portland.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What is the glass square surrounded by in "The Fever Monument" in The Pill versus The Springhill Mine Disaster?

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

5. What was the poem "San Francisco" written on in The Pill versus The Springhill Mine Disaster?

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