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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 happens to Bill when he injects the heroin?
(a) He goes numb.
(b) He has a seizure.
(c) He passes out.
(d) He vomits.

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

3. What is a person that a lush robs called?
(a) A slag
(b) A victim
(c) A mark
(d) A fanny

4. As what does Lee describe his family?
(a) Poor
(b) Middle class
(c) Wealthy
(d) Evil

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

Short Answer Questions

1. For what do Roy and Bill try to get prescriptions?

2. What put Bill off homosexual artists?

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

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

5. Into what do the two Bills put their morphine?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Norton give Bill in the opening pages?

2. In what way could the novel be said to be junk driven?

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

4. Why is Herman arrested?

5. What happens to all the characters mentions in the first 20 pages?

6. What did Bill do when he came back from Europe?

7. Describe Bill's meeting with the sailor.

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

9. How do things change when Hermann is arrested?

10. How was Bill able to travel around Europe?

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