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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. In 1956, who spoke under the tall cypress tree described in Chapter 1, "The Cover for Trout Fishing in America"?
(a) Sarah Berhardt.
(b) Abraham Lincoln.
(c) Anderson Lee.
(d) Adlai Stevenson.

2. In Chapter 1, "The Cover for Trout Fishing in America," Miller writes that Benjamin Franklin died in what year?
(a) 1694.
(b) 1796.
(c) 1790.
(d) 1800.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Brautigan find a cabin in Trout Fishing in America's Chapter 27, "The Teddy Roosevelt Chingader"?

2. Who is Trout Fishing in America Shorty mailed to in Trout Fishing in America?

3. In Trout Fishing in America's Chapter 40, "Witness for Trout Fishing in America Peace," Brautigan describes a Trout Fishing in America peace march from Sunnyvale to where?

4. What is the woman wearing in the cover photograph of the book Trout Fishing in America?

5. In Trout Fishing in America's Chapter 17, "The Message," Brautigan receives a message by his camp in which says what?

Short Essay Questions

1. 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?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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