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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 go fishing in Trout Fishing in America's Chapter 23, "On Paradise"?
(a) Paradise River.
(b) Paradise Pond.
(c) Paradise Lake.
(d) Paradise Creek.

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

3. 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.

4. In what direction is the word WELCOME written on the statue described in Trout Fishing in America?
(a) West.
(b) North.
(c) East.
(d) South.

5. Brautigan finds a statue of a what in Trout Fishing in America's Chapter 23, "On Paradise"?
(a) American Soldier.
(b) Benjamin Franklin.
(c) Greek Goddess.
(d) Civilian Conserevation Corps worker.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. In Chapter 42, "The Cleveland Wrecking Yard," of Trout Fishing in America, Brautigan takes a San Francisco bus to the Cleveland Wrecking Yard, where a used trout stream is for sale at ___ per foot.

3. What season begins Chapter 10, "A Waldon Pond for Winos" of Trout Fishing in America?

4. What does Brautigan refer to as "the John Dillinger capital of America" in Trout Fishing in America?

5. Who is on the FBI wanted poste,r in Trout Fishing in America's Chapter 19, "Trout Fishing in America with the FBI"?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

6. Who is described in In Chapter 7, "Prologue to 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. 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?

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

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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