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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 27 and Section 28.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the little girl in the doctor's office playing with when Henry arrives?
(a) Ball.
(b) Yo-yo.
(c) Balloon.
(d) Doll.

2. What is the name of Henry's girlfriend in section seventeen?
(a) Gloria.
(b) June.
(c) Jenny.
(d) Mary Ann.

3. In which of the following towns does section twenty-eight take place?
(a) Kansas City.
(b) Atlanta.
(c) Philly.
(d) New York.

4. Bukowski says in section eighteen that he last tried suicide in what year?
(a) 1954.
(b) 1985.
(c) 1961.
(d) 1945.

5. In section eighteen, Bukowski tells the story of trying to save a man who attempted suicide by what method?
(a) Gun.
(b) Gas.
(c) Starvation.
(d) Drowning.

Short Answer Questions

1. What year does Bukowski say it is at the beginning of section eight?

2. As section eighteen ends, Bukowski is listening to music on his radio from what country?

3. What is the woman's name in section twenty-eight?

4. What is the name of the horse that punches through the angry crowd at the racetrack?

5. Bukowski says in section eight that if he has any advice for anyone it's to take up what?

(see the answer key)

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