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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The baseball-playing angel in section two does interviews with all BUT WHICH of the following magazines?
(a) Newsweek.
(b) Look.
(c) Life.
(d) Time.

2. Bukowski closes section twelve by saying that he hopes it made you spill what sort of beverage?
(a) Water.
(b) Coffee.
(c) Soda.
(d) Tea.

3. What does Freddie use to kill Marty when Marty and the mother come to pick up the little girl?
(a) Butcher knife.
(b) Gun.
(c) Beer bottle.
(d) Poison.

4. In section three, where does Bukowski initially believe that he is?
(a) North Hollywood.
(b) Pasadena.
(c) Los Angeles.
(d) Arizona.

5. When asked when he last saw his father, which of the following years does Neal say?
(a) 1956.
(b) 1984.
(c) 1972.
(d) 1963.

6. In the foreword, Bukowski says that the book contains selections from about _____ months worth of columns.
(a) 9.
(b) 24.
(c) 3.
(d) 14.

7. 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) Support a family.
(b) Pay the bills.
(c) Feed the cat.
(d) Provide much of a life.

8. While sitting at the racetrack, Bukowski notes that the track doubled the parking fee to what amount?
(a) 50 cents.
(b) $6.00.
(c) $1.00.
(d) $2.00.

9. When asked to begin writing for Bryan's newspaper, Bukowski began with a review of what?
(a) Papa Hemingway.
(b) This Side of Paradise.
(c) Of Mice and Men.
(d) A Rose for Emily.

10. 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?
(a) Political.
(b) Relational.
(c) Spiritual.
(d) Social.

11. In the letter Bukowski's ex-wife sends him, she says that he should attend poetry readings at which church?
(a) Unitarian Church.
(b) Evangelical Church.
(c) Methodist Church.
(d) Baptist Church.

12. In response to the assassination, Bukowski says HE didn't murder all BUT WHICH of the following?
(a) Martin Luther King Jr.
(b) Kennedy.
(c) George Lincoln Rockwell.
(d) Malcom X.

13. Which of the friends says, in section ten, that some men just aren't any good with women and that he personally never has been?
(a) Bird.
(b) Moss.
(c) Anderson.
(d) Bukowski.

14. In section five Bukowski says he finds there are other things besides the mind, including all BUT WHICH of the following?
(a) Pepper shakers.
(b) Palm trees.
(c) Grass.
(d) Insects.

15. What does the angel in section two say his name is?
(a) Johnny Cross.
(b) Jimmy Crispin.
(c) Jim Crow.
(d) Jack Crenshaw.

Short Answer Questions

1. In section three, how much money does Big Jack say Bukowski owes him?

2. How much money does Bukowski lose after the angel loses his wings and is unable to play the final game?

3. After leaving New York at the end of section six, to which town does Bukowski go?

4. In his foreword, what does Bukowski say is the name of John Bryan's underground newspaper?

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

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