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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. From where is Brautigan's family's friend in Chapter 5, "The KoolAid Wino" in Trout Fishing in America?
(a) Germany.
(b) Spain.
(c) Italy.
(d) France.

2. 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) Fresh.
(b) Raw.
(c) Golden.
(d) Rotten.

3. What is written above the door of the church described in Chapter 1, "The Cover for Trout Fishing in America"?
(a) "All are Welcome."
(b) "In God's Name."
(c) "Per L'Incerno."
(d) "Per L'Universo."

4. Where does Brautigan's fishing pal catch a trout and kill it with port in Trout Fishing in America?
(a) Owl Snuff Creek.
(b) Millville Creek.
(c) Casper Creek.
(d) Tom Anderson Creek.

5. 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) Banded Oregon Trout.
(c) Northern Brook Trout.
(d) Rainbow Trout.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Where, near the Klamath River in Trout Fishing in America, does Brautigan gets lost in a wilderness of brush and poison oak?

3. What did the man drive who drew the map of Grider Creek in Trout Fishing in America?

4. Who is the field boss under whom Brautigan works as a cherry-picker in Trout Fishing in America?

5. Brautigan writes Lord Byran died in Greece in what year, in Trout Fishing in America?

Short Essay Questions

1. Where in Trout Fishing in America does Brautigan write about being a sixth-grade student? What story does he tell?

2. Where is Brautigan fishing in Chapter 12, "Trout Fishing on the Bevel"? What imagery does he use in this description?

3. What childhood memory is revisited by Brautigan in Chapter 5, "The KoolAid Wino" in Trout Fishing in America?

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

5. Who is described in In Chapter 7, "Prologue to Grider Creek" in Trout Fishing in America?

6. In Chapter 13, "Sea, Sea Rider," of Trout Fishing in America, Brautigan stops by a bookstore one afternoon in 1959 and is seduced by a couple. What does the bookstore owner then say?

7. What is Chapter 6, "Another Method of Making Walnut Catsup" comprised of in Trout Fishing in America?

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

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

10. In Chapter 44, "Trout Fishing in America NIB," after working at a Christmas tree store, what does Brautigan do?

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