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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. Where, near the Klamath River in Trout Fishing in America, does Brautigan gets lost in a wilderness of brush and poison oak?
(a) Borristown Creek.
(b) Sal Winter Creek.
(c) Tom Martin Creek.
(d) Anderson Creek.

2. In Chapter 7, "Prologue to Grider Creek" of Trout Fishing in America, a man buys a house whose basement is filled with what?
(a) Cats.
(b) Fleas.
(c) Dogs.
(d) Rats.

3. What did the man drive who drew the map of Grider Creek in Trout Fishing in America?
(a) The taxicab.
(b) The school bus.
(c) The carriage.
(d) The hearse.

4. Where does Brautigan recall watching a Deanna Durbin movie seven times in Trout Fishing in America?
(a) New York, New York.
(b) Casper, Wyoming.
(c) San Francisco, California.
(d) Great Falls, Montana.

5. What has been placed along the creek to kill coyotes in Trout Fishing in America's Chapter 25, "The Salt Creek Coyotes"?
(a) Steel wire.
(b) Cyanide capsules.
(c) Metal traps.
(d) Poisoned meat.

Short Answer Questions

1. Chapter 6, "Another Way of Making Walnut Catsup" in Trout Fishing in America, has how many recipes?

2. Brautigan presents recipes for dining with whom in Chapter 6, "Another Way of Making Walnut Catsup" of Trout Fishing in America?

3. How many years after Charles Hayman's death do Game and Fish decide to place trout in Hayman Creek in Trout Fishing in America?

4. What traps and eats insects in Chapter 9, "The Ballet for Trout Fishing in America" in Trout Fishing in America?

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?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. In Chapter 14 of Trout Fishing in America, "The Last Year the Trout Came up Hayman Creek," how long is it until game and fish officials come and what happens?

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

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

5. Who is compared to Jack the Ripper in Trout Fishing in America?

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

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

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

9. 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?

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

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