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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 do the police find in Bill's car?
(a) A gun
(b) Marijuana cigarettes
(c) Needles
(d) A kilo of heroin

2. Why does Bill leave the college?
(a) He finds it uninspiring.
(b) It costs too much.
(c) It is too difficult.
(d) It is too easy.

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

4. Which of the following best describes what type of place Brownsville is?
(a) A mountain region
(b) A river valley
(c) A spa town
(d) A coastal town

5. To what does Bill equate giving up junk?
(a) Giving up a way of life
(b) Giving up masterbation
(c) Having to leave your mother's womb
(d) Giving up sex

Short Answer Questions

1. What state does Bill travel to in this section?

2. Rollins diagnose Bill with ______________.

3. What does Burroughs present in Appendix 2?

4. Where does Bill live in Texas?

5. Who takes Bill away from the bar and onto the streets?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe Bill's time with the young drug users.

2. Of what does this final section of the novel consist?

3. Of what do appendices 4, 5, 6 and 7 consist?

4. What is Bill's wife's main complaint about his habit?

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

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

7. What is yage?

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

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

10. How does Rollins help Bill make a recovery from drugs and alcohol?

(see the answer keys)

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