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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 does Brautigan find a cabin in Trout Fishing in America's Chapter 27, "The Teddy Roosevelt Chingader"?
(a) Tom Anderson Creek.
(b) Oregon Falls.
(c) Little Redfish Lake.
(d) Steelhead Lake.

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

3. Brautigan writes in Chapter 8, "Grider Creek" of Trout Fishing in America that the large creeks were running muddy from the snow melting off what mountains?
(a) Marble Mountains.
(b) Boonville Mountains.
(c) Golden Mountains.
(d) Silver Mountains.

4. By what mountains is Brautigan's cabin in Trout Fishing in America's Chapter 27, "The Teddy Roosevelt Chingader"?
(a) Sawtooth Mountains.
(b) Golden Mounains.
(c) Marble Mountains.
(d) Sierra Mountains.

5. What traps and eats insects in Chapter 9, "The Ballet for Trout Fishing in America" in Trout Fishing in America?
(a) The Golden Lily.
(b) The Cobra Lily.
(c) The Casper Lily.
(d) The Snake Lily.

Short Answer Questions

1. How far downriver must Brautigan travel to get home in Chapter 4, "Red Lip" in Trout Fishing in America?

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

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

4. What is written above the door of the church described in Chapter 1, "The Cover for 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. Where in Trout Fishing in America does Brautigan write about being a sixth-grade student? What story does he tell?

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

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

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

5. 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?

6. 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?

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

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

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

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

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