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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 was the poem "San Francisco" written on in The Pill versus The Springhill Mine Disaster?
(a) A wall.
(b) A paper bag.
(c) A paper plate.
(d) A bathroom stall.

2. What is the lion standing in the edges of in "A Candlelion Poem" in The Pill versus The Springhill Mine Disaster?
(a) The doorways.
(b) The grass.
(c) The shadows.
(d) The glass.

3. What color hair is referred to throughout "Horse Child Breakfast" in The Pill versus The Springhill Mine Disaster?
(a) Brunette.
(b) Red.
(c) Blond.
(d) Black.

4. What does Brautigan say he saw crucified on a barbed-wire fence in "The Double-Bed Dream Gallows" from The Pill versus The Springhill Mine Disaster?
(a) A hawk.
(b) A chicken.
(c) A frog.
(d) An eagle.

5. Who was driving a Model A in "The Galilee Hitch-Hiker" from The Pill versus The Springhill Mine Disaster?
(a) Camus.
(b) Baudelaire.
(c) Alexander Hamilton.
(d) Ben Franklin.

Short Answer Questions

1. Ophelia encounters an evil what in "The Rape of Ophelia" in The Pill versus The Springhill Mine Disaster?

2. Above what does Brautigan write "medieval flames like a burning castle" rise in "Your Departure Versus the Hindenburg" in The Pill versus The Springhill Mine Disaster?

3. What does one of the players have in "Poker Star" from The Pill Versus The Springhill Mine Disaster?

4. What are the three poker players in "Poker Star" from The Pill Versus The Springhill Mine Disaster?

5. How many children does the woman have in the basement in "Education" in The Pill versus The Springhill Mine Disaster?

Short Essay Questions

1. In which poem does Brautigan refer to the Hindenberg Disaster? How?

2. Describe the simplicity of the poem "November 3." What is Brautigan's subject in this poem?

3. Discuss the tone of the poem "The Return of the Rivers." What does Brautigan describe here?

4. What description does Brautigan illustrate in the poem "Poker Star"?

5. How does Brautigan's poetry in The Pill Versus the Springhill Mine Disaster differ from his prose in In Watermelon Sugar?

6. Describe Brautigan's use of nonsensical, surreal imagery in the poem "Yes, the Fish Music." What is the purpose of the imagery?

7. In what poem from The Pill Versus the Springhill Mine Disaster does Brautigan cite "Casablanca"? How?

8. Where does Brautigan's humor arise in the poem "Haiku Ambulance"? How?

9. What similes or metaphors are used in the poem "I've Never Had It Done So Gently Before"?

10. What imagery does Brautigan produce in the poem "December 30"?

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