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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What year did Brautigan write in "Your Departure Versus the Hindenburg" in The Pill versus The Springhill Mine Disaster?
(a) 1945.
(b) 1937.
(c) 1946.
(d) 1939.

2. Where does Brautigan write he found the poem "San Francisco" in The Pill versus The Springhill Mine Disaster?
(a) A bar.
(b) A hunting lodge.
(c) A gas station.
(d) A laundromat.

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

4. Where do the old people sit in "A Postcard from Chinatown" in The Pill versus The Springhill Mine Disaster?
(a) The bathtub.
(b) The kitchen.
(c) The sink.
(d) The shower.

5. Ophelia encounters an evil what in "The Rape of Ophelia" in The Pill versus The Springhill Mine Disaster?
(a) Fisherman.
(b) Hunter.
(c) Wolf.
(d) Shepherd.

6. Where are the stars described in "Poker Star" from The Pill versus The Springhill Mine Disaster?
(a) Kentucky.
(b) Oregon.
(c) Washington.
(d) California.

7. Brautigan writes in "Man" in The Pill versus The Springhill Mine Disaster that the man stands five inches taller than what?
(a) A schoolbus.
(b) A taxicab.
(c) A suitcase.
(d) A dandelion.

8. What is the first item in "Karma Repair Kit: Items 1-4" of The Pill versus The Springhill Mine Disaster?
(a) Find God.
(b) Find a place to sleep where it is quiet, and sleep there.
(c) Reduce intellectual and emotional noise until you arrive at the silence of yourself, and listen to it.
(d) Get enough food to eat, and eat it.

9. "I Lie Here in a Strange Girl's Apartment" from The Pill versus The Springhill Mine Disaster says that the woman is afflicted with what?
(a) Epilepsy.
(b) Aneurism.
(c) Poison Ivy.
(d) Poison Oak.

10. When is the best time to climb the silver stairs in "The Silver Stairs of Ketchikan" in The Pill versus The Springhill Mine Disaster?
(a) 2 a.m.
(b) 4 a.m.
(c) 3 a.m.
(d) 1 a.m.

11. What does one of the players have in "Poker Star" from The Pill Versus The Springhill Mine Disaster?
(a) A full house.
(b) A straight.
(c) Two pair.
(d) Three of a kind.

12. What type of dawn does Brautigan write of in "Your Necklace is Leaking" of The Pill versus The Springhill Mine Disaster?
(a) Mexican.
(b) African.
(c) East coast.
(d) California.

13. How are Ophelia's clothes spread in "The Rape of Ophelia" in The Pill versus The Springhill Mine Disaster?
(a) Mermaid-like.
(b) Fish-like.
(c) Tendril-like.
(d) Vine-like.

14. What is the girl wearing in "Mating Saliva" from The Pill versus The Springhill Mine Disaster?
(a) A green mini skirt.
(b) A summer dress.
(c) An orange skirt.
(d) A red dress.

15. Ketchikan is a small town in what state?
(a) Washington.
(b) Oregon.
(c) Alaska.
(d) California.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Brautigan writes of a street lined with trees with intestines like what in "Death is a Beautiful Car Parked Only" in The Pill versus The Springhill Mine Disaster?

3. What does Brautigan harbor himself towards in "Hey, Bacon!" in The Pill versus The Springhill Mine Disaster?

4. "Widow's Lament" in The Pill versus The Springhill Mine Disaster says that it is not quite cold enough to ask the neighbors for what?

5. What does Brautigan write he wants to shower him with maps in "Map Shower" in The Pill versus The Springhill Mine Disaster?

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