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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What year did Brautigan write in "Your Departure Versus the Hindenburg" in The Pill versus The Springhill Mine Disaster?
(a) 1939.
(b) 1946.
(c) 1945.
(d) 1937.

4. 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) Hair.
(c) Maps.
(d) Kisses.

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) Candy Bar Repeat.
(d) Xerox Candy Bar.

6. In what year was "The Beautiful Poem" of The Pill versus The Springhill Mine Disaster written?
(a) 1959.
(b) 1964.
(c) 1967.
(d) 1969.

7. 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) 3:13.
(b) 4:20.
(c) 9:02.
(d) 8:03.

8. 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.

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

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

11. Which poem in The Pill versus The Springhill Mine Disaster reads "Every time I see him, I think:/ Gee, am I glad he's not/ my old man"?
(a) "Sonnet."
(b) "Hair Breakfast."
(c) "I'm Hurting. She's Not."
(d) "The Way She Looks At It."

12. What do the Chinese smoke in "A Postcard from Chinatown" in The Pill versus The Springhill Mine Disaster?
(a) Marijuana.
(b) Tobacco.
(c) Opium.
(d) Morphine.

13. When is the best time to climb the silver stairs in "The Silver Stairs of Ketchikan" in The Pill versus The Springhill Mine Disaster?
(a) 1 a.m.
(b) 4 a.m.
(c) 3 a.m.
(d) 2 a.m.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How are Ophelia's clothes spread in "The Rape of Ophelia" in The Pill versus The Springhill Mine Disaster?

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

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

4. A piece of what falls off the wooden salad bowl in "Haiku Ambulance" in The Pill versus The Springhill Mine Disaster?

5. "A fart smells like a marriage between an avocado and a" what in "December 30" in The Pill versus The Springhill Mine Disaster?

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