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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 first job Chinaski applies for?
(a) Garbage collector.
(b) Postman.
(c) Delivery driver.
(d) Janitor.

2. What does Henry smoke with Carson Gentry?
(a) Cagarettes.
(b) Pipe tobacco.
(c) Opium.
(d) Cigars.

3. What is Gertrude's room full of?
(a) Stuffed animals.
(b) Movie posters.
(c) Plants.
(d) Flowers.

4. What has Willie strewn across his apartment floor?
(a) Clothes.
(b) Broken glass.
(c) Wax figures.
(d) Coins.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of Willie's opera?

2. In what way is Henry's father unlike Henry?

3. What does Henry plead guilty to?

4. What is the job Chinaski turns down?

5. Where does Henry move to after New York?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Carson Gentry make Henry understand about life in the fourth section?

2. Summarize the second section.

3. Describe Willie Oxnard's house?

4. What does Henry do in El Paso?

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

6. What does Henry do while his parents are away?

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

8. What does Henry do while drunk with his friend, Tim Hunter?

9. How does Henry lose his job at the dog biscuit factory?

10. What is Henry's first job in New York?

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