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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the little girl in the doctor's office playing with when Henry arrives?
(a) Yo-yo.
(b) Balloon.
(c) Ball.
(d) Doll.

2. What is the name of the beautiful woman that Bugsy probably uses to distract J.C. while cutting off his wings?
(a) Caroline.
(b) Helena.
(c) Jenny.
(d) Emily.

3. As Bukowski and his friend head to L's house, the friend comments that L owes how much in back taxes?
(a) 250 grand.
(b) 125 grand.
(c) 85 grand.
(d) 800 grand.

4. According to section twelve, revolution is all BUT WHICH of the following?
(a) Madness.
(b) Guts.
(c) Romantic.
(d) Blood.

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

6. In what year did Bukowski write the foreword?
(a) 1993.
(b) 1976.
(c) 1984.
(d) 1969.

7. From which publication does Bukowski mention that Bryan was fired?
(a) Herald-Examiner.
(b) L.A. Open Press.
(c) Herald Free Press.
(d) L.A. Free Press.

8. How much money does Bukowski lose after the angel loses his wings and is unable to play the final game?
(a) 100 grand.
(b) 250 grand.
(c) 400 grand.
(d) 50 grand.

9. The other patients are reading all BUT WHICH of the following magazines when Henry arrives at the doctor's office?
(a) Time.
(b) Look.
(c) Newsweek.
(d) Life.

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

11. What is the name of Bukowski's friend at the beginning of section fifteen?
(a) Jensen.
(b) Red.
(c) Howard.
(d) Johnson.

12. In his foreword, what does Bukowski say is the name of John Bryan's underground newspaper?
(a) Open City.
(b) Bryan's Post.
(c) Free City.
(d) Revolutionary City.

13. What is the name of the ex-miner friend Bukowski saves in section eighteen?
(a) Ricky.
(b) Lou.
(c) Glen.
(d) Henry.

14. When introducing readers to Kerouac, Bukowski mentions that his friend is from which part of New York?
(a) Manhattan.
(b) Bronx.
(c) Brooklyn.
(d) Queens.

15. What is the name of the horse that punches through the angry crowd at the racetrack?
(a) Quadrant.
(b) Greyhound.
(c) Rich Desire.
(d) Off.

Short Answer Questions

1. When talking to Big Jack, Bukowski finally figures out that he is where?

2. According to Freddie in section eleven, people are made of all BUT WHICH of the following?

3. From what country does Henry's doctor come in section seventeen?

4. In section sixteen, how old is Bukowski's friend?

5. Bukowski says, during the final baseball game, that the Blues are behind 10 to 0 by which inning?

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