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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. Where does the kid have "Star Spangled" nails in The Pill versus The Springhill Mine Disaster?
(a) His suitcase.
(b) His bed.
(c) His coffin.
(d) His car.

2. Where does Brautigan write of going to bed in "The Beautiful Poem" of The Pill versus The Springhill Mine Disaster?
(a) Los Angeles.
(b) Sacramento.
(c) Eureka.
(d) Portland.

3. Ketchikan is a small town in what state?
(a) California.
(b) Alaska.
(c) Washington.
(d) Oregon.

4. What does one of the players have in "Poker Star" from The Pill Versus The Springhill Mine Disaster?
(a) A straight.
(b) Two pair.
(c) A full house.
(d) Three of a kind.

5. What is the first item in "Karma Repair Kit: Items 1-4" of The Pill versus The Springhill Mine Disaster?
(a) Reduce intellectual and emotional noise until you arrive at the silence of yourself, and listen to it.
(b) Get enough food to eat, and eat it.
(c) Find a place to sleep where it is quiet, and sleep there.
(d) Find God.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Brautigan harbor himself towards in "Hey, Bacon!" in The Pill versus The Springhill Mine Disaster?

2. What is the glass square surrounded by in "The Fever Monument" in The Pill versus The Springhill Mine Disaster?

3. What river does Brautigan write of in "Education" in The Pill versus The Springhill Mine Disaster?

4. To whom is "The Shenevertakesherwatchoff Poem" dedicated in The Pill versus The Springhill Mine Disaster?

5. Which poem from The Pill versus The Springhill Mine Disaster ends with the line, "Without you, I am dead"?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the poem "Star-Spangled' Nails" about?

2. What similes and metaphors are used in the poem "Sonnet" from The Pill Versus the Springhill Mine Disaster?

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

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

5. What theme permeates the poem "I Feel Horrible. She Doesn't"? What symbolism supports this theme?

6. What imagery is used in the poem, "The Winos on Potrero Hill"?

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

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

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

10. Describe the subject of the poem "All Watched Over by Machines of Loving Grace." What does Brautigan hope for in this poem?

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