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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. By what mountains is Brautigan's cabin in Trout Fishing in America's Chapter 27, "The Teddy Roosevelt Chingader"?
(a) Sierra Mountains.
(b) Sawtooth Mountains.
(c) Golden Mounains.
(d) Marble Mountains.

2. In Trout Fishing in America's Chapter 37, "The Last Time I Saw Trout Fishing in America," Brautigan encounters Trout Fishing in America while fishing where in Idaho?
(a) Sawtooth River.
(b) Jacksonville River.
(c) Big Wood River.
(d) Little Creek River.

3. Where does Brautigan recall watching a Deanna Durbin movie seven times in Trout Fishing in America?
(a) New York, New York.
(b) Casper, Wyoming.
(c) San Francisco, California.
(d) Great Falls, Montana.

4. Where is the cover photograph described as being taken in Trout Fishing in America?
(a) Washington Square.
(b) Wyoming.
(c) Times Square.
(d) The Pacific Ocean.

5. 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?
(a) The chicken coop.
(b) The schoolyard.
(c) The backyard.
(d) The frontyard.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Trout Fishing in America, Brautigan writes that death by what is cruel and unusual?

2. In Trout Fishing in America, Hayman Creek is named for Charles Hayman, an unpleasant old man who caught and ate ____ trout in his shack near the creek.

3. In Chapter 3, "Knock on Wood, Part II," of Trout Fishing in America, Brautigan recounts his first trout fishing experience where?

4. Where does Brautigan describe hiking in Trout Fishing in America's Chapter 27, "The Teddy Roosevelt Chingader"?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

9. 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?

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

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