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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The White Beard.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many times did Sanchez have to retake the picture to get it just right?
(a) Seven.
(b) Ten.
(c) Eleven.
(d) Five.

2. What does Bukowski do with Cass on their first night together that surprises her?
(a) He waits until morning to initiate sex.
(b) He reads her some of his poetry.
(c) He massages her back.
(d) He cooks her dinner and lets her use his shower.

3. Who is Sanchez?
(a) Bukowski's neighbor.
(b) Bukowski's lover's brother.
(c) Bukowski's poet friend.
(d) Bukowski's coworker at the meat-packing plant.

4. Where does Bukowski go after he quits his job at the end of "Kid Stardust on the Porterhouse?"
(a) A brothel.
(b) A bar.
(c) The wharf.
(d) Church.

5. How does Ramon Vasquez die?
(a) His throat is slit.
(b) He is shot in the head.
(c) He drowns in his own blood.
(d) Lincoln drowns him in his pool.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the narrator do with the sex model Von Brashlitz sends him at the end of the story?

2. Why is the prostitute's brother acting as a bodyguard in "Trouble with a Battery?"

3. What does Tony claim about himself and the corpse?

4. When Bukowski returns to town, what has Cass done to her body that upsets him?

5. With regard to horse racing, what does Bukowski call himself?

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