Richard Brautigan's Trout Fishing in America ; the Pill Versus the Springhill Mine Disaster ; and, in Watermelon Sugar Test | Final Test - Hard

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Richard Brautigan's Trout Fishing in America ; the Pill Versus the Springhill Mine Disaster ; and, in Watermelon Sugar Test | Final Test - Hard

This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 135 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.
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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. Ketchikan is a small town in what state?

2. When is the best time to climb the silver stairs in "The Silver Stairs of Ketchikan" in The Pill versus The Springhill Mine Disaster?

3. Where does the kid have "Star Spangled" nails in The Pill versus The Springhill Mine Disaster?

4. How are Ophelia's clothes spread in "The Rape of Ophelia" in The Pill versus The Springhill Mine Disaster?

5. What does Great Sparrow pull between the children in "Education" from The Pill versus The Springhill Mine Disaster?

Short Essay Questions

1. Where does Brautigan's humor arise in the poem "Haiku Ambulance"? How?

2. How does Brautigan's poetry in The Pill Versus the Springhill Mine Disaster differ from his prose in In Watermelon Sugar?

3. What similes or metaphors are used in the poem "I've Never Had It Done So Gently Before"?

4. What description does Brautigan illustrate in the poem "Poker Star"?

5. In what poem from The Pill Versus the Springhill Mine Disaster does Brautigan cite "Casablanca"? How?

6. What is referred to in the poem "1942" from The Pill Versus the Springhill Mine Disaster?

7. What similes and metaphors are used in the poem "Sonnet" from The Pill Versus the Springhill Mine Disaster?

8. What imagery is used in the poem, "The Winos on Potrero Hill"?

9. What theme permeates the poem "I Feel Horrible. She Doesn't"? What symbolism supports this theme?

10. What qualities are outstanding in the poems of Brautigan in terms of imagery?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Compare and contrast the poems "Discovery" and "Star-Spangled' Nails." How do the poems relate structurally? Thematically?

Essay Topic 2

Define and discuss the structure of Trout Fishing in America. Define each of the following and identify them from the text: exposition, rising action, climax, falling action.

Essay Topic 3

What is alluded to in the poem "Sydney Greenstreet"? What descriptions does Brautigan present in this poem?

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