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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 does Bill suspect Nick and his friends do?
(a) Sell information to the police
(b) Steal drugs from him
(c) Rob houses
(d) Prostitute themselves

2. Which character is said to be teetering on the edge of death?
(a) Tony
(b) Ray
(c) Nick
(d) Marvin

3. Where do Bill and Mary take the drugs?
(a) Bill hotel room
(b) A homeless shelter
(c) Jack's apartment
(d) The train station

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

5. Who does Bill form a partnership with in this chapter?
(a) Herman
(b) Roy
(c) Jack
(d) Mary

Short Answer Questions

1. What part of his body did Bill once cut off?

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

3. How does Bill find his first experience with morphine?

4. In what war was Bill involved?

5. Who does Bill form a partnership with in this segment?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did Bill escape from the army?

2. What does Bill state are the problems with marijuana dealing?

3. Why is Herman arrested?

4. Describe Bill's meeting with the sailor.

5. What does Bill's life become like while he is on junk?

6. What does Bill Gains and Bill do with the junk when they purchase it?

7. Describe the fight that occurs in the opening ten pages.

8. How do Bill and Roy get enough money to continue their habits?

9. Describe the story about the mark who woke up while he was being robbed.

10. How was Bill able to travel around Europe?

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