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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. With whom does inBOIL get into a fight in Chapter 31, "Whiskey" of In Watermelon Sugar?
(a) Charley.
(b) Fred.
(c) Margaret.
(d) The narrator.

2. Who leaves a note on the shack door in Chapter 28, "Nine Things" of In Watermelon Sugar?
(a) Margaret.
(b) Pauline.
(c) Sarah.
(d) inBOIL.

3. What is one of the women holding in "Alas, Measured Perfectly" from The Pill versus The Springhill Mine Disaster?
(a) A pigeon.
(b) A cat.
(c) A dog.
(d) A turtle.

4. Who answers the door for inBOIL in Chapter 51, "Bacon" of In Watermelon Sugar?
(a) Al.
(b) Kevin.
(c) Sarah.
(d) Paul.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In the poem "I Feel Horrible. She Doesn't" from The Pill versus The Springhill Mine Disaster, what does Brautigan write he wanders around the house like?

2. Some of the rivers in In Watermelon Sugar are only how wide?

3. Above what does Brautigan write "medieval flames like a burning castle" rise in "Your Departure Versus the Hindenburg" in The Pill versus The Springhill Mine Disaster?

4. Who is going to the plank press in Chapter 64, "Literature" of In Watermelon Sugar?

5. What does the funeral wreath say on the plant in Chapter 9, "The Ballet for Trout Fishing in America" in Trout Fishing in America?

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