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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. What traps and eats insects in Chapter 9, "The Ballet for Trout Fishing in America" in Trout Fishing in America?

2. In Chapter 7, "Prologue to Grider Creek" of Trout Fishing in America, a man buys a house whose basement is filled with what?

3. Where does Brautigan recall watching a Deanna Durbin movie seven times in Trout Fishing in America?

4. What does Brautigan refer to as "the John Dillinger capital of America" in Trout Fishing in America?

5. What did the man drive who drew the map of Grider Creek in Trout Fishing in America?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Describe Brautigan's account with the woman in the creek of dead fish in Trout Fishing in America. What imagery is used?

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

4. Who does Brautigan encounter in Chapter 17, "The Message"? What simile does he use to describe this person?

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

6. What is Chapter 6, "Another Method of Making Walnut Catsup" comprised of in Trout Fishing in America?

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

8. What is the story Brautigan relates in Trout Fishing in America, Chapter 3, "Knock on Wood, Part II"?

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

10. Where in Trout Fishing in America does Brautigan write about being a sixth-grade student? What story does he tell?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the imagery of "All Watched Over By Machines of Loving Grace" from The Pill Versus the Springhill Mine Disaster. How does the imagery tie to the theme of the poem?

Essay Topic 2

Compare and contrast the tone and theme of In Watermelon Sugar and Trout Fishing in America. How are they similar? How do they differ?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the critical response to Brautigan's work. How were each of these three books received by critics? What literary circles was Brautigan associated with?

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