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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. Why does Bill not argue with the police?
(a) He is too tired.
(b) He wants to go home.
(c) He is too junk sick.
(d) He sees no point.

2. What does Bill's wife say he is like while using junk?
(a) Bored and boring
(b) Broke and depressed
(c) Angry
(d) Fun, but impotent

3. What does Bill say he has visions of in this chapter?
(a) Doom
(b) Death
(c) Jesus
(d) Blood

4. Which two people take the answer to #153 away from Bill?
(a) Bill Gains and Subway Slim
(b) Mary and Jack
(c) Old Ike and Bill's wife
(d) The bartender and the policeman

5. What does Burroughs present in Appendix 2?
(a) The original introduction
(b) Photographs
(c) Graphs
(d) The glossary

Short Answer Questions

1. What character does Bill meet again in this segment?

2. Why does Bill run out of money so quickly?

3. What kind of bars does Bill visit in this chapter?

4. What does Burroughs present in Appendix 1?

5. What do the police find in Bill's car?

Short Essay Questions

1. How is drink affecting Bill in a bad way in Segment 10?

2. What does Bill say happens to time when using morphine?

3. How does the government help Bill and Old Ike continue their habits?

4. How does Old Ike help Bill in this segment?

5. What is Bill's situation by the end of this segment?

6. What information does Gains bring about Bill's old acquaintances?

7. Describe the drug trade in Mexico.

8. Of what does Appendix 3 consist?

9. In what way do the police treat Bill badly?

10. What does Bill discuss with the police in the interview in section 7?

(see the answer keys)

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