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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. What does Brautigan refer to as "the John Dillinger capital of America" in Trout Fishing in America?
(a) Casper, Wyoming.
(b) Memphis, Tennessee.
(c) Mooresville, Indiana.
(d) Denver, Colorado.

2. 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) Boonville Mountains.
(b) Golden Mountains.
(c) Silver Mountains.
(d) Marble Mountains.

3. In Trout Fishing in America's Chapter 20, "Worsewick," Brautigan describes having sex with a woman in a stream full of what?
(a) Tadpoles.
(b) Frogs.
(c) Dead fish.
(d) Butterflies.

4. In Trout Fishing in America's Chapter 17, "The Message," Brautigan comes upon a herd of sheep driven by a man who resembles whom?
(a) Stalin.
(b) Eisenhower.
(c) Truman.
(d) Adolph Hitler.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What season begins Chapter 10, "A Waldon Pond for Winos" of 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. The third recipe listed, by Brautigan in Chapter 6, "Another Way of Making Walnut Catsup" of Trout Fishing in America, is for "A Spoonful _____."

4. In Chapter 13, in what year does Brautigan stop in a bookstore in "Sea, Sea Rider" of Trout Fishing in America?

5. In Chapter 1, "The Cover for Trout Fishing in America," Miller writes that Benjamin Franklin died in what year?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. 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?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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