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

2. The third recipe listed, by Brautigan in Chapter 6, "Another Way of Making Walnut Catsup" of Trout Fishing in America, is for "A Spoonful _____."
(a) Cookie.
(b) Honey.
(c) Pudding.
(d) Cake.

3. Whose fishing log book does Brautigan find in Trout Fishing in America's Chapter 34, "Trout Fishing on the Street of Eternity"?
(a) John Francis'.
(b) Alonso Hagen's.
(c) Michael Miller's.
(d) Mark Matthews.

4. From where are the visiting winos Brautigan drinks with in Chapter 10, "A Walden Pond for Winos" in Trout Fishing in America?
(a) New Orleans.
(b) Memphis.
(c) Denver.
(d) Baton Rouge.

5. What type of apples are called for in "Compote of Apples" in Trout Fishing in America?
(a) Tweeties.
(b) Grannies.
(c) Goldens.
(d) Pippins.

Short Answer Questions

1. Brautigan finds a statue of a what in Trout Fishing in America's Chapter 23, "On Paradise"?

2. In 1956, who spoke under the tall cypress tree described in Chapter 1, "The Cover for Trout Fishing in America"?

3. What traps and eats insects in Chapter 9, "The Ballet for Trout Fishing in America" in Trout Fishing in America?

4. What does the funeral wreath say on the plant in Chapter 9, "The Ballet for Trout Fishing in America" in Trout Fishing in America?

5. By what mountains is Brautigan's cabin in Trout Fishing in America's Chapter 27, "The Teddy Roosevelt Chingader"?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

6. Where in Trout Fishing in America does Brautigan write about being a sixth-grade student? What story does he tell?

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 is Trout Fishing in America Shorty? Describe this character.

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

10. 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?

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