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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. The notorious criminal, in Trout Fishing in America's Chapter 22, "The Mayor of the 20th Century," is compared to who?
3. In Chapter 13, in what year does Brautigan stop in a bookstore in "Sea, Sea Rider" of Trout Fishing in America?
4. What does Brautigan associate trout with in Trout Fishing in America?
5. Who is the field boss under whom Brautigan works as a cherry-picker 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. Who does Brautigan encounter in Chapter 17, "The Message"? What simile does he use to describe this person?
3. What is the story Brautigan relates in Trout Fishing in America, Chapter 3, "Knock on Wood, Part II"?
4. Who is Trout Fishing in America Shorty? Describe this character.
5. 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?
6. Where in Trout Fishing in America does Brautigan write about being a sixth-grade student? What story does he tell?
7. What does Brautigan write that he admires in the story of Chapter 8, "Grider Creek" in Trout Fishing in America?
8. 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?
9. What is the phrase "Trout Fishing in America" used to refer to in Trout Fishing in America?
10. What is the first exposition that Brautigan offers in Trout Fishing in America? What is this a description of?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
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 2
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 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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