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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do junkies hate to do?
(a) Kiss
(b) Sleep
(c) Bathe
(d) Walk

2. Who does Bill form a partnership with in this segment?
(a) Bill Gains
(b) Roy
(c) Helena
(d) Jack

3. Which character dislikes Lee immediately?
(a) Roy
(b) Joey
(c) Jack
(d) Herman

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

5. What subject did Bill pursue in the USA?
(a) Art history
(b) English
(c) Criminology
(d) Psychoanalysis

6. Through what continent did Bill travel?
(a) Asia
(b) Oceania
(c) Africa
(d) Europe

7. How did Bill pay for his habit?
(a) He received drugs for free
(b) Through odd jobs
(c) Through his monthly stipend
(d) Through a life of crime

8. What does Gains tell Bill about to keep him quiet?
(a) His time in prison
(b) His sick children
(c) The contents of his vomit
(d) His bowel movements

9. What kind of machine gun does Norton give to Bill?
(a) A Pietersen
(b) A Yamaha
(c) A Thompson
(d) A sub

10. What does Bill inject into his skin when Hermann goes to jail?
(a) Alcohol
(b) Water
(c) MDMA
(d) Codeine

11. With which character does Lee leave the bar?
(a) Roy
(b) Herman
(c) Subway Slim
(d) Whitey

12. Of what does Bill say Doolie is devoid?
(a) Humor
(b) Personality
(c) Love
(d) Good looks

13. What does Gains tell Bill to be?
(a) Less paranoid
(b) More relaxed
(c) More careful
(d) More humorous

14. Where does Bill decide to drive to at the end of this segment?
(a) California
(b) Mexico
(c) Canada
(d) Texas

15. How does Bill describe his academic performance at school?
(a) Close to genuis
(b) Average
(c) Brilliant
(d) Pathetic

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 kind of drug do Bill and Pat buy?

4. Which of the following characters is said to mooch?

5. Which character is said to be teetering on the edge of death?

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