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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 type of apples are called for in "Compote of Apples" in Trout Fishing in America?
(a) Grannies.
(b) Tweeties.
(c) Pippins.
(d) Goldens.

2. When does Charley say the last book was written in In Watermelon Water?
(a) 35 years ago.
(b) 30 years ago.
(c) 20 years ago.
(d) 10 years ago.

3. Who shows up drunk for dinner in Chapter 33, "The Big Fight" of In Watermelon Sugar?
(a) Sarah.
(b) Margaret.
(c) inBOIL.
(d) Pauline.

4. What are inBOIL's last words in In Watermelon Sugar?
(a) "I am inBOIL."
(b) "I am you."
(c) "I am iDEATH."
(d) "I hate you."

5. Whose fishing log book does Brautigan find in Trout Fishing in America's Chapter 34, "Trout Fishing on the Street of Eternity"?
(a) Michael Miller's.
(b) John Francis'.
(c) Mark Matthews.
(d) Alonso Hagen's.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 3, "Knock on Wood, Part II," of Trout Fishing in America, Brautigan recounts his first trout fishing experience where?

2. "December 30" in The Pill versus The Springhill Mine Disaster cites what time in the morning?

3. What does Ophelia float like in "The Rape of Ophelia" in The Pill versus The Springhill Mine Disaster?

4. What has been placed along the creek to kill coyotes in Trout Fishing in America's Chapter 25, "The Salt Creek Coyotes"?

5. Brautigan writes "The Fever Monument" in The Pill versus The Springhill Mine Disaster while poet-in-residence at what university?

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