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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does Brautigan go fishing in Chapter 12, "Trout Fishing on the Bevel" of Trout Fishing in America?
(a) Graveyard Creek.
(b) Anderson Creek.
(c) Tom Martin Creek.
(d) Sal Winter Creek.

2. Where does Brautigan go fishing in Trout Fishing in America's Chapter 23, "On Paradise"?
(a) Paradise River.
(b) Paradise Lake.
(c) Paradise Creek.
(d) Paradise Pond.

3. Who is Trout Fishing in America Shorty mailed to in Trout Fishing in America?
(a) Mark Rosston.
(b) Anderson Miller.
(c) James Nelson.
(d) Nelson Algren.

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

5. Brautigan talks of a ballet to be performed where in Chapter 9, "The Ballet for Trout Fishing in America" of Trout Fishing in America?
(a) U.C.L.A.
(b) N.Y.U.
(c) Harvard.
(d) Yale.

6. In Trout Fishing in America's Chapter 37, "The Last Time I Saw Trout Fishing in America," Brautigan encounters Trout Fishing in America while fishing where in Idaho?
(a) Sawtooth River.
(b) Jacksonville River.
(c) Big Wood River.
(d) Little Creek River.

7. Chapter 46 "The Mayonnaise Chapter" in Trout Fishing in America discusses the death of whom?
(a) Mr. Nice.
(b) Mr. Smith.
(c) Mr. Johnson.
(d) Mr. Good.

8. In what direction is the word WELCOME written on the statue described in Trout Fishing in America?
(a) West.
(b) South.
(c) East.
(d) North.

9. In Chapter 1, "The Cover for Trout Fishing in America," Miller writes that Benjamin Franklin died in what year?
(a) 1694.
(b) 1796.
(c) 1790.
(d) 1800.

10. Brautigan says he learned about trout fishing in America from his stepfather in what year?
(a) 1942.
(b) 1938.
(c) 1959.
(d) 1945.

11. In Trout Fishing in America's Chapter 20, "Worsewick," Brautigan describes having sex with a woman in a stream full of what?
(a) Tadpoles.
(b) Butterflies.
(c) Frogs.
(d) Dead fish.

12. How many years after Charles Hayman's death do Game and Fish decide to place trout in Hayman Creek in Trout Fishing in America?
(a) 20 years.
(b) 30 years.
(c) 10 years.
(d) 5 years.

13. In Chapter 36, "Sandbox Minus John Dillinger Equals What?" of Trout Fishing in America, who does Brautigan recall setting up John Dillinger?
(a) The woman in black.
(b) The woman in white.
(c) The woman in red.
(d) The woman in blue.

14. Where does Brautigan find a cabin in Trout Fishing in America's Chapter 27, "The Teddy Roosevelt Chingader"?
(a) Little Redfish Lake.
(b) Oregon Falls.
(c) Steelhead Lake.
(d) Tom Anderson Creek.

15. What did the man drive who drew the map of Grider Creek in Trout Fishing in America?
(a) The hearse.
(b) The school bus.
(c) The carriage.
(d) The taxicab.

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

2. In Trout Fishing in America's Chapter 17, "The Message," Brautigan comes upon a herd of sheep driven by a man who resembles whom?

3. The third recipe listed, by Brautigan in Chapter 6, "Another Way of Making Walnut Catsup" of Trout Fishing in America, is for "A Spoonful _____."

4. Brautigan presents recipes for dining with whom in Chapter 6, "Another Way of Making Walnut Catsup" of Trout Fishing in America?

5. What is the woman wearing in the cover photograph of the book Trout Fishing in America?

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