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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Trout Fishing in America.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the waterfall turn out to be in Chapter 3, "Knock on Wood, Part II," of Trout Fishing in America?
(a) A trout.
(b) A woman.
(c) An angel.
(d) A staircase.

2. What does Brautigan associate trout with in Trout Fishing in America?
(a) Women.
(b) Steel.
(c) Love.
(d) Fear.

3. Where, near the Klamath River in Trout Fishing in America, does Brautigan gets lost in a wilderness of brush and poison oak?
(a) Anderson Creek.
(b) Tom Martin Creek.
(c) Borristown Creek.
(d) Sal Winter Creek.

4. Who is on the FBI wanted poste,r in Trout Fishing in America's Chapter 19, "Trout Fishing in America with the FBI"?
(a) Jesse James.
(b) Richard Lawrence Marquette.
(c) Buster Keason.
(d) John Dillinger.

5. 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?
(a) French and Indian War.
(b) American Revolution.
(c) American Civil War.
(d) Spanish Civil War.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Brautigan go fishing in Chapter 12, "Trout Fishing on the Bevel" of Trout Fishing in America?

2. In 1956, who spoke under the tall cypress tree described in Chapter 1, "The Cover for Trout Fishing in America"?

3. In Chapter 36, "Sandbox Minus John Dillinger Equals What?" of Trout Fishing in America, who does Brautigan recall setting up John Dillinger?

4. What type of apples are called for in "Compote of Apples" in Trout Fishing in America?

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

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