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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Pages 1-10.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the name of the narrator?
(a) Bill Tornly
(b) Jack Hobbs
(c) William Burroughs
(d) William Lee

2. What did Bill show an interest towards in high school?
(a) Criminal behavior
(b) Animal behavior
(c) Blonde girls
(d) Narcotics

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

4. What put Bill off homosexual artists?
(a) Their histronics
(b) Their posturing
(c) Their sexuality
(d) Their casual attitude

5. Where does Whitey stab Subway Slim?
(a) In the arm
(b) In the back
(c) In the stomach
(d) In the leg

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following was a nervous condition from which Bill suffered?

2. How does Bill describe his athletic performance at school?

3. What does Bill do for the first time in this chapter?

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

5. What subject did Bill pursue in the USA?

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