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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 15 and Section 16.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. At the end of section sixteen, Bukowski does what?
(a) Gets drunk.
(b) Sleeps.
(c) Goes to work.
(d) Writes.

2. According to the little girl in section eleven, who slapped her?
(a) Teacher.
(b) Freddie.
(c) Marty.
(d) Mother.

3. During section nine Bukowski gives a quote from Reagan. What political office does he say Reagan holds at this time?
(a) Senator.
(b) President.
(c) None.
(d) Governor.

4. According to Bukowski's foreword, what are the chances that an accepted poem might be published?
(a) 70/30.
(b) 60/40.
(c) 10/90.
(d) 50/50.

5. As section thirteen opens, the narrator says they were right when they said not to mix pills with what form of alcohol?
(a) Rum.
(b) Vodka.
(c) Whiskey.
(d) Cognac.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what year did Bukowski write the foreword?

2. What does Bukowski's friend carry in an elastic strap on his arm in section sixteen?

3. What is the name of Jack's daughter in section fourteen?

4. When Neal is killed, which friend calls Bukowski to tell him?

5. Bukowski says in his foreword that Bryan is a type of crazy idealist and what?

(see the answer key)

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