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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 Trout Fishing in America, Brautigan writes that death by what is cruel and unusual?
(a) Fishing.
(b) Whiskey.
(c) Beating.
(d) Port wine.

2. In Chapter 3, "Knock on Wood, Part II," of Trout Fishing in America, Brautigan recounts his first trout fishing experience where?
(a) Portland, ME.
(b) San Francisco, CA.
(c) Portland, OR.
(d) Seattle, WA.

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

4. Brautigan writes Lord Byran died in Greece in what year, in Trout Fishing in America?
(a) 1824.
(b) 1900.
(c) 1903.
(d) 1845.

5. Brautigan presents recipes for dining with whom in Chapter 6, "Another Way of Making Walnut Catsup" of Trout Fishing in America?
(a) Benjamin Franklin.
(b) Maria Callais.
(c) Marcus Arelius.
(d) Alexander Wilde.

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

2. Brautigan says he learned about trout fishing in America from his stepfather in what year?

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

4. In Trout Fishing in America's Chapter 13, "Sea, Sea Rider," the bookstore owner spins a tale, telling the narrator he fell in love with a woman during the what?

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

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

3. What childhood memory is revisited by Brautigan in Chapter 5, "The KoolAid Wino" in Trout Fishing in America?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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