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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Arturo rolls up tobacco for a cigarette, using:
(a) Old essays
(b) Writing paper
(c) Newspaper
(d) Toilet paper

2. Arturo is considering leaving LA because he cannot pay his rent, but his current, most pressing problem is:
(a) Loneliness
(b) Alcohol
(c) Hunger
(d) Writer's block

3. Arturo vacillates between:
(a) Hunger and satiety
(b) Being a writer or a salesman
(c) Being tired and being wide awake
(d) Feeling sorry for himself, and praising himself

4. Why does Arturo consider the prostitute to be cleaner than he is?
(a) Her apartment is neat and orderly
(b) She lives in a nicer building than him
(c) She only sells her body, while he sells his mind
(d) She bathes more frequently

5. The milk Arturo steals turns out to be:
(a) Buttermilk
(b) Cream
(c) Sour
(d) Fresh

Short Answer Questions

1. When Arturo gives a prostitute eight dollars, he feels:

2. Arturo is afraid of:

3. Arturo's more positive fantasies involve:

4. What does Arturo decide to do with the prostitute?

5. Waiting for the milkman's arrival, Arturo passes the time by:

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