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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

4. What color is the car Neal nearly hits while driving in section four?
(a) Red.
(b) Blue.
(c) Green.
(d) Black.

5. Bukowski says in section eighteen that he last tried suicide in what year?
(a) 1945.
(b) 1985.
(c) 1954.
(d) 1961.

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

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

8. In section thirteen, the narrator has a post card where a professor states that the narrator is the best poet since which of the following?
(a) Ginsberg.
(b) Whitman.
(c) Wordsworth.
(d) Eliot.

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

10. Which horse won the 6th race at the end of section eight?
(a) Rich Desire.
(b) Off.
(c) Greyhound.
(d) Quadrant.

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

12. 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.

13. Bukowski says in section eight that if he has any advice for anyone it's to take up what?
(a) Writing.
(b) Racing.
(c) Painting.
(d) Gambling.

14. When Bukowski leaves the apartment after the card game fight, to which city does he take a bus?
(a) Portland.
(b) Dallas.
(c) New Orleans.
(d) Los Angeles.

15. As section eighteen ends, Bukowski is listening to music on his radio from what country?
(a) Japan.
(b) Britain.
(c) America.
(d) Hungary.

Short Answer Questions

1. During the fight in section two, Bukowski wishes that any BUT WHICH of the following would put a stop to it?

2. What is the name of the horse that punches through the angry crowd at the racetrack?

3. The other patients are reading all BUT WHICH of the following magazines when Henry arrives at the doctor's office?

4. According to the little girl in section eleven, who slapped her?

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

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