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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) Summer.
(b) Autumn.
(c) Spring.
(d) Winter.

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

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) Pablo Picasso.
(c) Kafka.
(d) Marcus Arelius.

4. What is the first item in "Karma Repair Kit: Items 1-4" of The Pill versus The Springhill Mine Disaster?
(a) Reduce intellectual and emotional noise until you arrive at the silence of yourself, and listen to it.
(b) Get enough food to eat, and eat it.
(c) Find God.
(d) Find a place to sleep where it is quiet, and sleep there.

5. What is the girl wearing in "Mating Saliva" from The Pill versus The Springhill Mine Disaster?
(a) A green mini skirt.
(b) An orange skirt.
(c) A summer dress.
(d) A red dress.

6. 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) 3:20 p.m.
(d) 5:20 p.m.

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

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

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

10. Ketchikan is a small town in what state?
(a) Washington.
(b) Alaska.
(c) Oregon.
(d) California.

11. What is one of the women holding in "Alas, Measured Perfectly" from The Pill versus The Springhill Mine Disaster?
(a) A pigeon.
(b) A turtle.
(c) A cat.
(d) A dog.

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

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

14. The poem, "All Watched Over By Machines of Loving Grace" from The Pill versus The Springhill Mine Disaster, talks of deer walking past what?
(a) Caterpillars.
(b) Computers.
(c) Mountains.
(d) Mice.

15. 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) An airplane.
(b) A sewing machine.
(c) A potato.
(d) A flower.

Short Answer Questions

1. What are the three poker players in "Poker Star" from The Pill Versus The Springhill Mine Disaster?

2. When is the best time to climb the silver stairs in "The Silver Stairs of Ketchikan" in The Pill versus The Springhill Mine Disaster?

3. What color light drips in "Your Necklace is Leaking" of The Pill versus The Springhill Mine Disaster?

4. How old does Brautigan write while he was playing checkers in "The Chinese Checker Players" in The Pill versus The Springhill Mine Disaster?

5. "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?

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