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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Pill versus The Springhill Mine Disaster.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The notorious criminal, in Trout Fishing in America's Chapter 22, "The Mayor of the 20th Century," is compared to who?
(a) Ted Kawinski.
(b) Jack the Ripper.
(c) Bad Boy Nelson.
(d) Jesse James.

2. How far downriver must Brautigan travel to get home in Chapter 4, "Red Lip" in Trout Fishing in America?
(a) 2 miles.
(b) 10 miles.
(c) 35 miles.
(d) 20 miles.

3. The poem, "All Watched Over By Machines of Loving Grace" from The Pill versus The Springhill Mine Disaster, talks of deer walking past what?
(a) Computers.
(b) Mice.
(c) Mountains.
(d) Caterpillars.

4. A pound of what is added to Walnut Catsup in Chapter 6, "Another Way of Making Walnut Catsup" in Trout Fishing in America?
(a) Tomatoes.
(b) Ketchup.
(c) Anchovies.
(d) Mustard.

5. Where does Brautigan say he is staying in Chapter 4, "Red Lip" of Trout Fishing in America?
(a) Montana Falls.
(b) Steelhead.
(c) Anderson.
(d) Rough Lake.

Short Answer Questions

1. Brautigan writes Lord Byran died in Greece in what year, in Trout Fishing in America?

2. What does one of the players have in "Poker Star" from The Pill Versus The Springhill Mine Disaster?

3. 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?

4. Where does Brautigan write he found the poem "San Francisco" in The Pill versus The Springhill Mine Disaster?

5. Where does Brautigan write of going to bed in "The Beautiful Poem" of The Pill versus The Springhill Mine Disaster?

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