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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 11 and Section 12.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When talking to Big Jack, Bukowski finally figures out that he is where?
(a) Pasadena.
(b) Los Angeles.
(c) Arizona.
(d) North Hollywood.

2. When Bukowski goes to have his clothes cleaned in section six, what clothing item do the store owners sell him instead?
(a) T-shirts.
(b) Suit.
(c) Jeans.
(d) Underwear.

3. After relating the rant from the sportscaster, Bukowski says that _____ out of 60 men on the street are cuckoo.
(a) 25.
(b) 59.
(c) 60.
(d) 30.

4. According to Freddie in section eleven, people are made of all BUT WHICH of the following?
(a) Bones.
(b) Pain.
(c) Anger.
(d) Blood.

5. The foreword says that while working for the underground newspaper was fun and dangerous, it didn't put margarine on the toast or what else?
(a) Provide much of a life.
(b) Pay the bills.
(c) Support a family.
(d) Feed the cat.

Short Answer Questions

1. As section nine ends, Bukowski tells the story of a conversation with a psychiatrist friend in what town?

2. In section ten, at whose apartment are the friends spending Saturday night?

3. As section four begins, where does Bukowski say that Neal C. died?

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

5. As section eleven opens, Freddie tells his boss he hasn't been to work because he's building what scientific device?

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