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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do the police think Bill is involved in selling?
(a) Stolen cars
(b) Stolen furniture
(c) Stolen radios
(d) Slaves

2. What does Bill begin searching for the moment he arrives in Mexico City?
(a) Junk
(b) Drink
(c) Accommodation
(d) Prostitutes

3. Who takes Bill away from the bar and onto the streets?
(a) Bill's wife
(b) Old Ike
(c) The policeman
(d) The bartender

4. For what did Lupita try to use drugs?
(a) To control her weight
(b) For fun
(c) To make her more sociable
(d) To help get over someone's death

5. Who does Old Ike complain about in this chapter?
(a) Subway Slim
(b) Black Bastard
(c) Bill's wife
(d) His Wife

6. For what does Rollins write Bill a prescription?
(a) Codeine
(b) Morphine
(c) Antacids
(d) Benzedrine

7. What kind of bars does Bill visit in this chapter?
(a) Single bars
(b) Sea side bars
(c) Tourist bars
(d) Gay bars

8. Why does Bill go to Mexico?
(a) He does not want to spend time in jail
(b) It is cheaper
(c) Better drugs
(d) His wife is there

9. Where will Bill's case be tried?
(a) The Crown courts
(b) The Magistrate courts
(c) The District courts
(d) The State courts

10. Why does Bill hire a lawyer?
(a) To get him off his charge back in the states
(b) To sue a drug dealer
(c) To keep the police away
(d) To secure resident papers

11. What does yage stimulate?
(a) Writing
(b) Telepathy
(c) Love
(d) Painting

12. With what does Lupita cut her drugs?
(a) Treacle
(b) Sand
(c) Milk sugar
(d) Pantopon

13. For what does Old Ike receive a permit?
(a) To drink alcohol on the street
(b) To live in the street
(c) To deal drugs
(d) To buy morphine

14. What does Bill study as a hobby?
(a) Psychiatry
(b) Geography
(c) Criminology
(d) Narcotics

15. What does Bill sign for the police in this segment?
(a) A letter
(b) A check
(c) A prescription
(d) A statement

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Bill hire in this segment?

2. What does Burroughs present in Appendix 2?

3. For what does Burroughs criticize the original publisher?

4. From what does the second doctor order Bill to stay away?

5. Of what does Bill complain that his apartment smells?

(see the answer keys)

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