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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. The notorious criminal, in Trout Fishing in America's Chapter 22, "The Mayor of the 20th Century," is compared to who?

2. What is written above the door of the church described in Chapter 1, "The Cover for Trout Fishing in America"?

3. Whose fishing log book does Brautigan find in Trout Fishing in America's Chapter 34, "Trout Fishing on the Street of Eternity"?

4. In Trout Fishing in America's Chapter 20, "Worsewick," Brautigan describes having sex with a woman in a stream full of what?

5. From where is Brautigan's family's friend in Chapter 5, "The KoolAid Wino" in Trout Fishing in America?

Short Essay Questions

1. In Chapter 44, "Trout Fishing in America NIB," after working at a Christmas tree store, what does Brautigan do?

2. 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?

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

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

5. What chapter in Trout Fishing in America refers to Alcoholics Anonymous? What happens in this story?

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

7. Who is Trout Fishing in America Shorty? Describe this character.

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

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

10. 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?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss Richard Brautigan's use of satire and parody in Trout Fishing in America. How does Brautigan's writing reflect the anti-establishment sentiments of the 1960s movements in America?

Essay Topic 2

Define and discuss the structure of Trout Fishing in America. Define each of the following and identify them from the text: exposition, rising action, climax, falling action.

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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