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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 9 and Section 10.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When Neal is killed, which friend calls Bukowski to tell him?
(a) Bryan.
(b) Kerouac.
(c) Jack.
(d) Jason.

2. Toward the end of section four, the babysitter keeps comparing Bukowski to which famous writer?
(a) Kerouac.
(b) Ginsberg.
(c) Hemingway.
(d) Steinbeck.

3. Bukowski says in section eight that if he has any advice for anyone it's to take up what?
(a) Gambling.
(b) Writing.
(c) Racing.
(d) Painting.

4. In section eight, the official payoff of $5.40 means Bukowski will get $27.00 instead of what possible amount?
(a) $39.00.
(b) $50.00.
(c) $30.00.
(d) $45.00.

5. In what Italian city does section five take place?
(a) Rome.
(b) Milan.
(c) Naples.
(d) Venice.

Short Answer Questions

1. What color is the car Neal nearly hits while driving in section four?

2. As section nine begins, Bukowski says that the main problem with the Kennedy assassination is that we lose gains in all BUT WHICH of the following areas?

3. When introducing readers to Kerouac, Bukowski mentions that his friend is from which part of New York?

4. In section five Bukowski says he finds there are other things besides the mind, including all BUT WHICH of the following?

5. In his introduction of Kerouac, Bukowski says Kerouac personally knows all BUT WHICH of the following poets?

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