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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. Brautigan writes "The sweet juices of your mouth are like ____ bathed in honey" in "I've Never Had It Done So Gently Before" in The Pill versus The Springhill Mine Disaster?
(a) Trout.
(b) Rainbows.
(c) Castles.
(d) Sunsets.

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

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

4. Brautigan writes of a street lined with trees with intestines like what in "Death is a Beautiful Car Parked Only" in The Pill versus The Springhill Mine Disaster?
(a) Gold.
(b) Rivers.
(c) Emerald.
(d) Cotton candy.

5. 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?
(a) New Jersey.
(b) New York.
(c) New Hampshire.
(d) New England.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was driving a Model A in "The Galilee Hitch-Hiker" from The Pill versus The Springhill Mine Disaster?

2. What color light drips in "Your Necklace is Leaking" of The Pill versus The Springhill Mine Disaster?

3. What season is it in "The Double-Bed Dream Gallows" from The Pill versus The Springhill Mine Disaster?

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

5. Where does the kid have "Star Spangled" nails in The Pill versus The Springhill Mine Disaster?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What qualities are outstanding in the poems of Brautigan in terms of imagery?

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

4. In what poems from The Pill Versus the Springhill Mine Disaster does Brautigan reflect personal thoughts?

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

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

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

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

9. To what is Brautigan referring in the poem, "The Pill Versus the Springhill Mine Disaster"?

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

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