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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 Chapter 1, "The Cover for Trout Fishing in America," Miller writes that Benjamin Franklin died in what year?
2. In Trout Fishing in America's Chapter 37, "The Last Time I Saw Trout Fishing in America," Brautigan encounters Trout Fishing in America while fishing where in Idaho?
3. Brautigan says he learned about trout fishing in America from his stepfather in what year?
4. In Chapter 42, "The Cleveland Wrecking Yard," of Trout Fishing in America, Brautigan takes a San Francisco bus to the Cleveland Wrecking Yard, where a used trout stream is for sale at ___ per foot.
5. How many years after Charles Hayman's death do Game and Fish decide to place trout in Hayman Creek in Trout Fishing in America?
Short Essay Questions
1. Describe the autopsy report written by Brautigan in Trout Fishing in America. To whom is Trout Fishing in America compared?
2. Where does Chapter 4, "Red Lip" take place in Trout Fishing in America? What happens in this story?
3. 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?
4. Where in Trout Fishing in America does Brautigan write about being a sixth-grade student? What story does he tell?
5. What does Brautigan write that he admires in the story of Chapter 8, "Grider Creek" in Trout Fishing in America?
6. Describe Brautigan's account with the woman in the creek of dead fish in Trout Fishing in America. What imagery is used?
7. What chapter in Trout Fishing in America refers to Alcoholics Anonymous? What happens in this story?
8. Who is Trout Fishing in America Shorty? Describe this character.
9. Who is described in In Chapter 7, "Prologue to Grider Creek" in Trout Fishing in America?
10. Who is compared to Jack the Ripper in Trout Fishing in America?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
What is alluded to in the poem "Sydney Greenstreet"? What descriptions does Brautigan present in this poem?
Essay Topic 2
Compare and contrast the poems "Discovery" and "Star-Spangled' Nails." How do the poems relate structurally? Thematically?
Essay Topic 3
What literary author is cited in "To England"? What is the subject and theme of this poem?
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