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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through In Watermelon Sugar.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does one of the players have in "Poker Star" from The Pill Versus The Springhill Mine Disaster?
(a) A straight.
(b) A full house.
(c) Two pair.
(d) Three of a kind.

2. Who is the field boss under whom Brautigan works as a cherry-picker in Trout Fishing in America?
(a) Old Charlie.
(b) Rebel Smith.
(c) Old Man Nelson.
(d) Jackie Brown.

3. What is the title of the poem in The Pill versus The Springhill Mine Disaster which reads, "Ah, you're just a copy of all the candy bars I've ever eaten"?
(a) Past Candy Bar.
(b) Xerox Candy Bar.
(c) Candy Bar Repeat.
(d) Candy Hurricane.

4. Brautigan writes "The sweet juices of your mouth are like ____ bathed in honey" in "I've Never Had It Done So Gently Before" in The Pill versus The Springhill Mine Disaster?
(a) Castles.
(b) Rainbows.
(c) Trout.
(d) Sunsets.

5. What is the woman wearing in the cover photograph of the book Trout Fishing in America?
(a) A sombrero.
(b) A fishing hat.
(c) A scarf.
(d) A bandana.

Short Answer Questions

1. The trout hatchery in In Watermelon Sugar is built on the exact same spot that what was buried?

2. What beverage does Brautagin write of drinking in Washington Park in Chapter 10, "A Waldon Pond for Winos" in Trout Fishing in America?

3. Where does the narrator write of spending the night in In Watermelon Sugar's Chapter 10, "A Lot of Good Nights"?

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

5. In Chapter 1, "In Watermelon Sugar" the narrator says he lives in a shack near iDEATH made of "pine, watermelon sugar and" what?

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