View a FREE sample

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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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) "I'm Hurting. She's Not."
(b) "Hair Breakfast."
(c) "The Way She Looks At It."
(d) "Sonnet."

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

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

4. "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) Help.
(b) Food.
(c) Money.
(d) Firewood.

5. What river does Brautigan write of in "Education" in The Pill versus The Springhill Mine Disaster?
(a) Klamath River.
(b) Foxwoods River.
(c) Mississippi River.
(d) Cold Pine River.

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

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

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

9. 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.

10. To whom is "Map Shower" in The Pill versus The Springhill Mine Disaster dedicated?
(a) Marcia.
(b) Marie.
(c) Emmett.
(d) Pauline.

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

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

13. 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 bathtub.
(d) The kitchen.

14. Which poem from The Pill versus The Springhill Mine Disaster ends with the line, "Without you, I am dead"?
(a) "Artichoke Mother."
(b) "Sonnett."
(c) "Adrenalin Mother."
(d) "Alibone Dinner."

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Ophelia encounters an evil what in "The Rape of Ophelia" in The Pill versus The Springhill Mine Disaster?

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 does Brautigan harbor himself towards in "Hey, Bacon!" in The Pill versus The Springhill Mine Disaster?

4. How many children does the woman have in the basement in "Education" in The Pill versus The Springhill Mine Disaster?

5. 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?

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 513 words (approx. 2 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample