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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is living up high in the mountains at Grider Creek, according to Brautigan in Chapter 8, "Grider Creek" in Trout Fishing in America?
(a) Eastern Brook Trout.
(b) Northern Brook Trout.
(c) Rainbow Trout.
(d) Banded Oregon Trout.

2. In Trout Fishing in America's Chapter 17, "The Message," Brautigan comes upon a herd of sheep driven by a man who resembles whom?
(a) Eisenhower.
(b) Truman.
(c) Adolph Hitler.
(d) Stalin.

3. Brautigan presents recipes for dining with whom in Chapter 6, "Another Way of Making Walnut Catsup" of Trout Fishing in America?
(a) Marcus Arelius.
(b) Benjamin Franklin.
(c) Alexander Wilde.
(d) Maria Callais.

4. Who is the field boss under whom Brautigan works as a cherry-picker in Trout Fishing in America?
(a) Old Man Nelson.
(b) Rebel Smith.
(c) Jackie Brown.
(d) Old Charlie.

5. In Trout Fishing in America, Hayman Creek is named for Charles Hayman, an unpleasant old man who caught and ate ____ trout in his shack near the creek.
(a) Rotten.
(b) Fresh.
(c) Raw.
(d) Golden.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 13, in what year does Brautigan stop in a bookstore in "Sea, Sea Rider" of Trout Fishing in America?

2. What beverage does Brautagin write of drinking in Washington Park in Chapter 10, "A Waldon Pond for Winos" in Trout Fishing in America?

3. Chapter 46 "The Mayonnaise Chapter" in Trout Fishing in America discusses the death of whom?

4. In Chapter 7, "Prologue to Grider Creek" of Trout Fishing in America, a man buys a house whose basement is filled with what?

5. In Trout Fishing in America's Chapter 20, "Worsewick," Brautigan describes having sex with a woman in a stream full of what?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe Brautigan's account with the woman in the creek of dead fish in Trout Fishing in America. What imagery is used?

2. What is the phrase "Trout Fishing in America" used to refer to in Trout Fishing in America?

3. What is the story Brautigan relates in Trout Fishing in America, Chapter 3, "Knock on Wood, Part II"?

4. What does Brautigan write that he admires in the story of Chapter 8, "Grider Creek" in Trout Fishing in America?

5. What chapter in Trout Fishing in America refers to Alcoholics Anonymous? What happens in this story?

6. What is the first exposition that Brautigan offers in Trout Fishing in America? What is this a description of?

7. Where does Brautigan tell his wife he is going in Chapter 10, "A Walden Pond for Wings" in Trout Fishing in America? Where does he actually go?

8. Where does Chapter 4, "Red Lip" take place in Trout Fishing in America? What happens in this story?

9. Who does Brautigan encounter in Chapter 17, "The Message"? What simile does he use to describe this person?

10. Who is Trout Fishing in America Shorty? Describe this character.

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