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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Marvin do before he even extracts the needle?
(a) Runs out of the door
(b) Screams
(c) Passes out
(d) Vomits

2. Which of Bill's customers buys drugs for others?
(a) Nick
(b) Ray
(c) Tony
(d) Jack

3. What kind of bars does Bill go to in New Orleans?
(a) Commercial bars
(b) Gay bars
(c) Sailor bars
(d) Single bars

4. With what does the sailor say narcotics are connected?
(a) Capitalism
(b) Communism
(c) Fascism
(d) Socialism

5. Which character is arrested at the beginning of this segment?
(a) Herman
(b) Jack
(c) Roy
(d) Bill

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

7. What does Mary's disease do to her bones?
(a) Dissolves them
(b) Fractures them
(c) Makes them brittle
(d) Strengthens them

8. Where does Roy go to in this segment?
(a) Rehabilitation
(b) University
(c) Mexico
(d) Texas

9. Which of the following do Bill, Roy and Herman not spend their time doing?
(a) Injecting morphine
(b) Buying morphine
(c) Cleaning the apartment
(d) Hiding morphine

10. What city does Bill travel to after Texas?
(a) San Francisco
(b) New Orleans
(c) Los Angeles
(d) Lexington

11. In what war was Bill involved?
(a) World War II
(b) The Vietnam war
(c) World War I
(d) The Korean war

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

13. Which of the following characters is not mentioned in this chapter?
(a) Bill's wife
(b) Pat
(c) The young man
(d) The sailor

14. What part of his body did Bill once cut off?
(a) His ear
(b) A finger
(c) His left nostril
(d) A toe

15. Who does Bill buy drinks for in this segment?
(a) A sailor
(b) Miles Davis
(c) A prostitute
(d) A pimp

Short Answer Questions

1. What is a lush worker?

2. What is the name of the narrator?

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

4. In which state does Bill stay clean for four months?

5. What did Bill show an interest towards in high school?

(see the answer keys)

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