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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Along what river is Brautigan traveling in Chapter 4, "Red Lip" in Trout Fishing in America?

2. Where does Brautigan say he is staying in Chapter 4, "Red Lip" of Trout Fishing in America?

3. Where does Brautigan find a cabin in Trout Fishing in America's Chapter 27, "The Teddy Roosevelt Chingader"?

4. Brautigan writes Lord Byran died in Greece in what year, in Trout Fishing in America?

5. Brautigan finds a statue of a what in Trout Fishing in America's Chapter 23, "On Paradise"?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What is the phrase "Trout Fishing in America" used to refer to in Trout Fishing in America?

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

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

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

6. Describe Brautigan's account with the woman in the creek of dead fish in Trout Fishing in America. What imagery is used?

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

8. 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?

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

10. What does Brautigan write that he admires in the story of Chapter 8, "Grider Creek" in Trout Fishing in America?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss Richard Brautigan's use of satire and parody in Trout Fishing in America. How does Brautigan's writing reflect the anti-establishment sentiments of the 1960s movements in America?

Essay Topic 2

Compare and contrast the characters of Pauline and Margaret in In Watermelon Sugar. How do their relationships to the narrator differ?

Essay Topic 3

What literary author is cited in "To England"? What is the subject and theme of this poem?

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