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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Brautigan writes "The Fever Monument" in The Pill versus The Springhill Mine Disaster while poet-in-residence at what university?
(a) U.C.L.A.
(b) University of California.
(c) California Institute of Technology.
(d) N.Y.U.

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

3. What year is cited in "Alas, Measured Perfectly" from The Pill versus The Springhill Mine Disaster?
(a) 1903.
(b) 1888.
(c) 1800.
(d) 1924.

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

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

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

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. 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.

9. Brautigan writes in "Discovery" of The Pill versus The Springhill Mine Disaster, "The petals of the vagina unfold like _________ taking off his shoes."
(a) Kafka.
(b) Christopher Columbus.
(c) Marcus Arelius.
(d) Pablo Picasso.

10. What does Brautigan say he saw crucified on a barbed-wire fence in "The Double-Bed Dream Gallows" from The Pill versus The Springhill Mine Disaster?
(a) A frog.
(b) A hawk.
(c) A chicken.
(d) An eagle.

11. How many children does the woman have in the basement in "Education" in The Pill versus The Springhill Mine Disaster?
(a) One hundred.
(b) Six hundred.
(c) Five hundred.
(d) One thousand.

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

13. What was the poem "San Francisco" written on in The Pill versus The Springhill Mine Disaster?
(a) A wall.
(b) A bathroom stall.
(c) A paper bag.
(d) A paper plate.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

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

4. What time is cited in "Alas, Measured Perfectly" from The Pill versus The Springhill Mine Disaster?

5. What is one of the women holding in "Alas, Measured Perfectly" from The Pill versus The Springhill Mine Disaster?

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