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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. Brautigan writes Lord Byran died in Greece in what year, in Trout Fishing in America?
(a) 1903.
(b) 1845.
(c) 1824.
(d) 1900.

2. Brautigan says he learned about trout fishing in America from his stepfather in what year?
(a) 1938.
(b) 1945.
(c) 1959.
(d) 1942.

3. Where does Brautigan describe hiking in Trout Fishing in America's Chapter 27, "The Teddy Roosevelt Chingader"?
(a) California.
(b) Oregon.
(c) Idaho.
(d) Kentucky.

4. 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) Rainbow Trout.
(d) Northern Brook Trout.

5. The notorious criminal, in Trout Fishing in America's Chapter 22, "The Mayor of the 20th Century," is compared to who?
(a) Bad Boy Nelson.
(b) Jack the Ripper.
(c) Ted Kawinski.
(d) Jesse James.

Short Answer Questions

1. From where are the visiting winos Brautigan drinks with in Chapter 10, "A Walden Pond for Winos" in Trout Fishing in America?

2. Where is the cover photograph described as being taken in Trout Fishing in America?

3. Brautigan talks of a ballet to be performed where in Chapter 9, "The Ballet for Trout Fishing in America" of Trout Fishing in America?

4. Where do Brautigan and his friend mix four quarts of Kool-Aid and water in Chapter 5, "The KoolAid Wino" in Trout Fishing in America?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. 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?

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

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

7. 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?

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

9. Describe the autopsy report written by Brautigan in Trout Fishing in America. To whom is Trout Fishing in America compared?

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

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