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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. 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.

2. What type of apples are called for in "Compote of Apples" in Trout Fishing in America?

3. In Trout Fishing in America's Chapter 17, "The Message," Brautigan comes upon a herd of sheep driven by a man who resembles whom?

4. Brautigan writes in Chapter 8, "Grider Creek" of Trout Fishing in America that the large creeks were running muddy from the snow melting off what mountains?

5. Where is the cover photograph described as being taken in Trout Fishing in America?

Short Essay Questions

1. 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?

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

3. What does Brautigan write that he admires in the story of Chapter 8, "Grider Creek" in Trout Fishing in America?

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

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

6. In Chapter 14 of Trout Fishing in America, "The Last Year the Trout Came up Hayman Creek," how long is it until game and fish officials come and what happens?

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe the setting of In Watermelon Sugar. What is notable about this setting in comparison to that of Trout Fishing in America?

Essay Topic 2

What literary author is cited in "To England"? What is the subject and theme of this poem?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the structure of Richard Brautigan's poetry. Define and identify the following using the poems as examples: rhyme, meter, assonance, and alliteration.

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