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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. In Trout Fishing in America's Chapter 17, "The Message," Brautigan receives a message by his camp in which says what?
(a) "Remember the alamo."
(b) "Hello."
(c) "Stalingrad."
(d) "I Like Ike."

3. What traps and eats insects in Chapter 9, "The Ballet for Trout Fishing in America" in Trout Fishing in America?
(a) The Cobra Lily.
(b) The Snake Lily.
(c) The Casper Lily.
(d) The Golden Lily.

4. Brautigan presents recipes for dining with whom in Chapter 6, "Another Way of Making Walnut Catsup" of Trout Fishing in America?
(a) Benjamin Franklin.
(b) Marcus Arelius.
(c) Maria Callais.
(d) Alexander Wilde.

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?
(a) "I Like Ike."
(b) "Away West."
(c) "Gone Fishing."
(d) "I'm for Nixon."

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Brautigan writes in Chapter 8, "Grider Creek" of Trout Fishing in America that the large creeks were running muddy from the snow melting off what mountains?

3. What does Brautigan refer to as "the John Dillinger capital of America" in Trout Fishing in America?

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

5. Who is on the FBI wanted poste,r in Trout Fishing in America's Chapter 19, "Trout Fishing in America with the FBI"?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who does Brautigan encounter in Chapter 17, "The Message"? What simile does he use to describe this person?

2. Where does Brautigan tell his wife he is going in Chapter 10, "A Walden Pond for Wings" in Trout Fishing in America? Where does he actually go?

3. In Chapter 44, "Trout Fishing in America NIB," after working at a Christmas tree store, what does Brautigan do?

4. What childhood memory is revisited by Brautigan in Chapter 5, "The KoolAid Wino" in Trout Fishing in America?

5. Describe the autopsy report written by Brautigan in Trout Fishing in America. To whom is Trout Fishing in America compared?

6. Who is described in In Chapter 7, "Prologue to Grider Creek" in Trout Fishing in America?

7. In Chapter 14 of Trout Fishing in America, "The Last Year the Trout Came up Hayman Creek," how long is it until game and fish officials come and what happens?

8. What is the first exposition that Brautigan offers in Trout Fishing in America? What is this a description of?

9. Who is compared to Jack the Ripper in Trout Fishing in America?

10. Where is Brautigan fishing in Chapter 12, "Trout Fishing on the Bevel"? What imagery does he use in this description?

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