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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. To whom is Burroughs letter written?
(a) His son
(b) His wife
(c) His publisher
(d) Allen Ginsburg

2. What does the lawyer want to use as evidence that Bill was not legally competent when he signed the statement?
(a) His constant laughing
(b) His constant screaming
(c) His shaking hands
(d) His bribery of a policeman

3. What do the police do to people with injection scars?
(a) Beat them up
(b) Arrest them
(c) Shoot them
(d) Chain them to a radiator

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

5. For what kind of drug do Bill and Old Ike ask the doctors to write prescriptions?
(a) Codeine
(b) Cocaine
(c) Amphetime
(d) Morphine

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Burroughs present in Appendix 1?

2. Yage is from _________________.

3. Who does Bill hire in this segment?

4. Where does Bill go when he is discharged?

5. What does Bill study as a hobby?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

6. Describe Bill's arrest.

7. What is yage?

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

9. Why does Bill decide to flee to Mexico?

10. Summarize the novel.

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