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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. Which of the following characters is not mentioned in this chapter?
(a) The young man
(b) Pat
(c) Bill's wife
(d) The sailor

2. Which character at the bar gets angry?
(a) Benny
(b) Blackie
(c) Whitey
(d) Jackie

3. Who does Bill buy drinks for in this segment?
(a) A sailor
(b) Miles Davis
(c) A pimp
(d) A prostitute

4. Which of Bill's customers is allergic to junk?
(a) Nick
(b) Kate
(c) Doolie
(d) Marvin

5. What color hair does Mary have?
(a) Red
(b) Brown
(c) Black
(d) Blonde

Short Answer Questions

1. Which character moves in with Bill?

2. About what do Mary and Bill initially talk?

3. With what does the sailor say narcotics are connected?

4. Which of the following is not a person drinking at the bar?

5. What kind of machine gun does Norton give to Bill?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Norton give Bill in the opening pages?

2. What happens to all the characters mentions in the first 20 pages?

3. In what way could the novel be said to be junk driven?

4. Why did Bill turn to petty crime?

5. What did Bill do after university?

6. Who is Jack?

7. Describe the disturbance Doolie creates in the fifth section.

8. Why is Herman arrested?

9. What does Roy say to Lee at Lee's apartment in the opening ten pages?

10. How does Bill try to reduce his heroin habit?

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