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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. What is the name of the manager's secretary?

2. Who does Alabam like to attack when he is drunk?

3. What does Henry say he thinks of as a second home?

4. Why does Henry think he has turned into a fag?

5. Where does Henry go to try and get a reporting job?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Henry's role in the clothing store?

2. What does Henry find attractive about Jan?

3. How did Henry lose his favorite job working for the Red Cross?

4. How do Henry's glowing pants change his mindset and eventually his life situation?

5. What are the perks of Henry's new job?

6. Why does the Yellow Cab Company sack Henry?

7. Summarize the fifth section.

8. How do Henry and Jan start living their lives after Henry is sacked?

9. How does Henry react to Mr. Adams' death?

10. Why does Henry find the Japanese girl attractive?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How does Bukoski represent sex? How did people in the 70s perceive Bukowski's representations of sex? How do people today perceive Bukowski's representations of sex?

Essay Topic 2

What is Henry's attitude towards work? Why has Henry has developed this attitude? What kind of job would Henry enjoy and excel at?

Essay Topic 3

The author wrote FACTOTUM in the first person. Why do you think the author chose to write the story in the first person? How do you think the meaning of the story would change if the author wrote it in the third person?

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