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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 Chapter 36, "Sandbox Minus John Dillinger Equals What?" of Trout Fishing in America, who does Brautigan recall setting up John Dillinger?
(a) The woman in blue.
(b) The woman in black.
(c) The woman in red.
(d) The woman in white.

2. Chapter 46 "The Mayonnaise Chapter" in Trout Fishing in America discusses the death of whom?
(a) Mr. Nice.
(b) Mr. Good.
(c) Mr. Johnson.
(d) Mr. Smith.

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) Golden Mountains.
(c) Silver Mountains.
(d) Boonville Mountains.

4. What has been placed along the creek to kill coyotes in Trout Fishing in America's Chapter 25, "The Salt Creek Coyotes"?
(a) Steel wire.
(b) Cyanide capsules.
(c) Poisoned meat.
(d) Metal traps.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Brautigan go fishing in Trout Fishing in America's Chapter 23, "On Paradise"?

2. What is written above the door of the church described in Chapter 1, "The Cover for Trout Fishing in America"?

3. 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?

4. The notorious criminal, in Trout Fishing in America's Chapter 22, "The Mayor of the 20th Century," is compared to who?

5. What beverage does Brautagin write of drinking in Washington Park in Chapter 10, "A Waldon Pond for Winos" 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. 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?

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

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

5. 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?

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

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

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

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

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

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