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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. Where do Brautigan and his friend mix four quarts of Kool-Aid and water in Chapter 5, "The KoolAid Wino" in Trout Fishing in America?
2. In Trout Fishing in America's Chapter 13, "Sea, Sea Rider," the bookstore owner spins a tale, telling the narrator he fell in love with a woman during the what?
3. What traps and eats insects in Chapter 9, "The Ballet for Trout Fishing in America" in Trout Fishing in America?
4. What type of apples are called for in "Compote of Apples" in Trout Fishing in America?
5. From where are the visiting winos Brautigan drinks with in Chapter 10, "A Walden Pond for Winos" in Trout Fishing in America?
Short Essay Questions
1. What is the first exposition that Brautigan offers in Trout Fishing in America? What is this a description of?
2. Where in Trout Fishing in America does Brautigan write about being a sixth-grade student? What story does he tell?
3. What does Brautigan write that he admires in the story of Chapter 8, "Grider Creek" in Trout Fishing in America?
4. Where is Brautigan fishing in Chapter 12, "Trout Fishing on the Bevel"? What imagery does he use in this description?
5. What is the story Brautigan relates in Trout Fishing in America, Chapter 3, "Knock on Wood, Part II"?
6. 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?
7. What chapter in Trout Fishing in America refers to Alcoholics Anonymous? What happens in this story?
8. In Chapter 44, "Trout Fishing in America NIB," after working at a Christmas tree store, what does Brautigan do?
9. Who is described in In Chapter 7, "Prologue to Grider Creek" in Trout Fishing in America?
10. 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?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Describe Richard Brautigan's unique style of narrative in Trout Fishing in America. Define narrative voice and tense in your answer.
Essay Topic 2
What literary author is cited in "To England"? What is the subject and theme of this poem?
Essay Topic 3
Compare and contrast the tone and theme of In Watermelon Sugar and Trout Fishing in America. How are they similar? How do they differ?
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