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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does Great Sparrow pull between the children in "Education" from The Pill versus The Springhill Mine Disaster?
(a) A red wagon.
(b) A silver cart.
(c) A mule cart.
(d) A blue wagon.

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

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?
(a) Food.
(b) Firewood.
(c) Help.
(d) Money.

5. What season is it in "The Double-Bed Dream Gallows" from The Pill versus The Springhill Mine Disaster?
(a) Autumn.
(b) Summer.
(c) Spring.
(d) Winter.

6. Where does Brautigan write of going to bed in "The Beautiful Poem" of The Pill versus The Springhill Mine Disaster?
(a) Los Angeles.
(b) Eureka.
(c) Portland.
(d) Sacramento.

7. To whom is "Map Shower" in The Pill versus The Springhill Mine Disaster dedicated?
(a) Pauline.
(b) Emmett.
(c) Marie.
(d) Marcia.

8. What is the glass square surrounded by in "The Fever Monument" in The Pill versus The Springhill Mine Disaster?
(a) Statues.
(b) Blue flowers.
(c) Trees.
(d) Red flowers.

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

10. What does Brautigan harbor himself towards in "Hey, Bacon!" in The Pill versus The Springhill Mine Disaster?
(a) An omelet.
(b) Pancakes.
(c) Two eggs over easy.
(d) Two eggs scrambled.

11. What does Brautigan say he saw crucified on a barbed-wire fence in "The Double-Bed Dream Gallows" from The Pill versus The Springhill Mine Disaster?
(a) A hawk.
(b) A frog.
(c) A chicken.
(d) An eagle.

12. "Death is a Beautiful Car Parked Only" in The Pill versus The Springhill Mine Disaster is dedicated to whom?
(a) Marcia.
(b) Emmett.
(c) Pauline.
(d) Marie.

13. Brautigan writes to "burn all the ___ to your body" in "The Double-Bed Dream Gallows" from The Pill versus The Springhill Mine Disaster.
(a) Love.
(b) Maps.
(c) Kisses.
(d) Hair.

14. What year is cited in "Alas, Measured Perfectly" from The Pill versus The Springhill Mine Disaster?
(a) 1924.
(b) 1800.
(c) 1903.
(d) 1888.

15. A piece of what falls off the wooden salad bowl in "Haiku Ambulance" in The Pill versus The Springhill Mine Disaster?
(a) Salad.
(b) Green pepper.
(c) Tomato.
(d) Potato.

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

2. Brautigan writes in "Man" in The Pill versus The Springhill Mine Disaster that the man stands five inches taller than what?

3. What do the Chinese smoke in "A Postcard from Chinatown" in The Pill versus The Springhill Mine Disaster?

4. What are the three poker players in "Poker Star" from The Pill Versus The Springhill Mine Disaster?

5. To whom is "The Shenevertakesherwatchoff Poem" dedicated in The Pill versus The Springhill Mine Disaster?

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