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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When Bukowski finds himself outside Yankee Stadium in section six, which former Yankee player does he mention as his boyhood hero?
(a) Lou Gehrig.
(b) Yogi Berra.
(c) Babe Ruth.
(d) Joe Dimaggio.

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) Underwear.
(c) Jeans.
(d) Suit.

3. Upon arriving at L's house, Bukowski notes that there's a guitar worth how much money laying in the porch swing?
(a) $800.
(b) $125.
(c) $250.
(d) $85.

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

5. When Bukowski's friend witnessed a murder, what does he say the killers gave him to keep him quiet?
(a) Money.
(b) Coat.
(c) Wallet.
(d) Knife.

6. Which writer does Bukowski quote in section five as saying, "to have great poets we need great audiences?"
(a) Ginsberg.
(b) Whitman.
(c) Lamantia.
(d) Creeley.

7. In section eighteen, what method does Bukowski say he tried to commit suicide?
(a) Gas.
(b) Starvation.
(c) Drowning.
(d) Gun.

8. In section twelve, Bukowski says to avoid all BUT WHICH of the following authors?
(a) Faulkner.
(b) Shaw.
(c) Shakespeare.
(d) Camus.

9. What is the name of the woman Moss calls toward the end of section ten?
(a) Mary Lou.
(b) Jane.
(c) Shareen.
(d) Madeline.

10. What is the name of the little girl in the doctor's office in section seventeen?
(a) Mary Ann.
(b) Jenny.
(c) June.
(d) Gloria.

11. What does the little girl in section eleven call her father?
(a) Daddy.
(b) Freddie.
(c) Fry.
(d) Papa.

12. 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) Provide much of a life.
(c) Feed the cat.
(d) Pay the bills.

13. In section twelve, Bukowski says the boys in the parks are led by all BUT WHICH of the following poets?
(a) Burroughs.
(b) Ginsberg.
(c) Kerouac.
(d) Genet.

14. In section ten, at whose apartment are the friends spending Saturday night?
(a) Bird.
(b) Bukowski.
(c) Moss.
(d) Anderson.

15. Which famous holiday newspaper cover did Bryan have a problem with when he was fired?
(a) New Year.
(b) Christmas.
(c) Ramadan.
(d) Rosh Hashanah.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what year did Bukowski write the foreword?

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

3. Bukowski says in section twelve that he's on the side of what?

4. As section seventeen opens, Henry notes that it is what day of the week?

5. As section thirteen opens, the narrator says they were right when they said not to mix pills with what form of alcohol?

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