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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. What part of Willie's body is missing?
(a) His leg.
(b) His eye.
(c) His hair.
(d) His arm.

2. Where does Henry promise to take Gertrude?
(a) The local bar.
(b) A restaurant.
(c) The cinema.
(d) The theater.

3. What college did Henry attend?
(a) Los Angeles City College.
(b) Princeton.
(c) San Francisco City College.
(d) Yale.

4. What does the bartender offer Henry as long as he is working?
(a) Free drinks.
(b) Free bar snacks.
(c) Choice of music.
(d) Choice of women.

5. What does Henry plead guilty to?
(a) Stealing alcohol.
(b) Breaching the peace.
(c) Blocking traffic.
(d) Injuring a minor.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Billy Boy hire Henry to wash?

2. Where does Henry wake up the morning after the bar fight?

3. What does the landlady's boyfriend give Henry for feeding the chickens?

4. Where does Henry find work in this section?

5. Why does Henry say he wants a gorgeous wife?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Willie die in the fifth section?

2. What is Willie's relationship with the three girls?

3. How does Billy-Boy help Henry in the third section?

4. Describe Henry Chinaski's character.

5. How does Willie's death affect the girls?

6. What does Henry promise himself in the fourth section?

7. Summarize the second section.

8. What is Henry's frame of mind when he arrives in New Orleans?

9. How does Henry lose his job at the dog biscuit factory?

10. What does Henry think of New York when he first arrives?

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