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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. What is the name of Laura's street?
(a) Bond St.
(b) Regents St.
(c) Formby St.
(d) Alvarado St.

2. What is the name of Henry's landlady in this section?
(a) Phylis Formby.
(b) Mama Strader.
(c) Gran Godly.
(d) Tammy Goodwin.

3. What does Laura say Willie throws at them when they get drunk?
(a) Glasses.
(b) Coins.
(c) Bottles.
(d) Clothes.

4. What does Henry tell the interviewer is his real job?
(a) A reporter.
(b) A film director.
(c) An artist.
(d) A writer.

5. What is the name of the woman who checks to see if Henry is okay?
(a) Jackie.
(b) Wren.
(c) Phylis.
(d) Gertrude.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Chinaski not shave before the job interview?

2. What does Henry have to put up in the subways?

3. Who drives Henry home from the bar?

4. What does Billy Boy hire Henry to wash?

5. What is Gertrude's room full of?

Short Essay Questions

1. How is Henry trying to develop his writing career in the fourth section?

2. What bet does Henry make in the opening chapter?

3. How do Henry's friends help him in the third section?

4. How does Willie's death affect the girls?

5. What does Henry do in El Paso?

6. How does Martha upset Henry in the second section?

7. How does Willie die in the fifth section?

8. Why does Henry decide it is time to go back to Los Angeles?

9. How does Henry meet Laura?

10. Summarize the second section.

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