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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. Who is Trout Fishing in America Shorty mailed to in Trout Fishing in America?
2. What season begins Chapter 10, "A Waldon Pond for Winos" of Trout Fishing in America?
3. 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.
4. What does the funeral wreath say on the plant in Chapter 9, "The Ballet for Trout Fishing in America" in Trout Fishing in America?
5. Where, near the Klamath River in Trout Fishing in America, does Brautigan gets lost in a wilderness of brush and poison oak?
Short Essay Questions
1. Where does Brautigan tell his wife he is going in Chapter 10, "A Walden Pond for Wings" in Trout Fishing in America? Where does he actually go?
2. Who is described in In Chapter 7, "Prologue to Grider Creek" in Trout Fishing in America?
3. Where in Trout Fishing in America does Brautigan write about being a sixth-grade student? What story does he tell?
4. Who is compared to Jack the Ripper in Trout Fishing in America?
5. What does Brautigan write that he admires in the story of Chapter 8, "Grider Creek" in Trout Fishing in America?
6. What chapter in Trout Fishing in America refers to Alcoholics Anonymous? What happens in this story?
7. Where is Brautigan fishing in Chapter 12, "Trout Fishing on the Bevel"? What imagery does he use in this description?
8. 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?
9. Describe the autopsy report written by Brautigan in Trout Fishing in America. To whom is Trout Fishing in America compared?
10. Who is Trout Fishing in America Shorty? Describe this character.
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
Discuss the structure of Richard Brautigan's poetry. Define and identify the following using the poems as examples: rhyme, meter, assonance, and alliteration.
Essay Topic 3
Compare and contrast the poems "Discovery" and "Star-Spangled' Nails." How do the poems relate structurally? Thematically?
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