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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Bill leave the college?
(a) It costs too much.
(b) It is too difficult.
(c) It is too easy.
(d) He finds it uninspiring.

2. What kind of glossary does Bill present at the end of the book?
(a) Characters in the novel
(b) Location used in the novel
(c) Slang
(d) Medical terms for drugs

3. Yage is from _________________.
(a) Europe
(b) Australasia
(c) North America
(d) South America

4. What does yage stimulate?
(a) Painting
(b) Writing
(c) Telepathy
(d) Love

5. What character does Bill meet again in this segment?
(a) Pat
(b) Nick
(c) Davis
(d) Ray

6. What do the police think Bill is involved in selling?
(a) Slaves
(b) Stolen radios
(c) Stolen cars
(d) Stolen furniture

7. Who takes Bill away from the bar and onto the streets?
(a) The bartender
(b) The policeman
(c) Old Ike
(d) Bill's wife

8. What country does Bill travel to in search of yage?
(a) Australia
(b) Argentina
(c) Brazil
(d) Columbia

9. Who does Bill communicate with at the end of this segment?
(a) His wife
(b) The police
(c) His attorney
(d) Pat

10. Why does Bill not argue with the police?
(a) He wants to go home.
(b) He sees no point.
(c) He is too tired.
(d) He is too junk sick.

11. To what does Bill equate giving up junk?
(a) Giving up a way of life
(b) Having to leave your mother's womb
(c) Giving up masterbation
(d) Giving up sex

12. Where does Bill go when he is discharged?
(a) His brother's house
(b) A hotel
(c) Home
(d) A hostel

13. What does Bill go home to fetch in this section?
(a) A revolver
(b) A photograph
(c) A pen
(d) A knife

14. What state does Bill travel to in this section?
(a) Kentucky
(b) New York
(c) Michigan
(d) Texas

15. What does Bill Smuggle into Old Ike?
(a) Cigarettes
(b) Women
(c) Money
(d) Drugs

Short Answer Questions

1. Who do the police threaten to incarcerate?

2. What does Bill study as a hobby?

3. To whom is Burroughs letter written?

4. What does Burroughs present in Appendix 1?

5. Which small time junky does Old Ike particularly hate?

(see the answer keys)

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