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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 is the glass square surrounded by in "The Fever Monument" in The Pill versus The Springhill Mine Disaster?
(a) Blue flowers.
(b) Trees.
(c) Red flowers.
(d) Statues.

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

3. In what year was "The Beautiful Poem" of The Pill versus The Springhill Mine Disaster written?
(a) 1969.
(b) 1967.
(c) 1959.
(d) 1964.

4. A piece of what falls off the wooden salad bowl in "Haiku Ambulance" in The Pill versus The Springhill Mine Disaster?
(a) Salad.
(b) Potato.
(c) Green pepper.
(d) Tomato.

5. What type of dawn does Brautigan write of in "Your Necklace is Leaking" of The Pill versus The Springhill Mine Disaster?
(a) African.
(b) Mexican.
(c) California.
(d) East coast.

Short Answer Questions

1. To whom is "Map Shower" in The Pill versus The Springhill Mine Disaster dedicated?

2. "Death is a Beautiful Car Parked Only" in The Pill versus The Springhill Mine Disaster is dedicated to whom?

3. 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?

4. In the poem "I Feel Horrible. She Doesn't" from The Pill versus The Springhill Mine Disaster, what does Brautigan write he wanders around the house like?

5. 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?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

9. What is the emotional state of Brautigan in the poem "Boo, Forever"?

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

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