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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

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

5. After relating the rant from the sportscaster, Bukowski says that _____ out of 60 men on the street are cuckoo.
(a) 25.
(b) 60.
(c) 30.
(d) 59.

6. What is the name of the police officer who turns Henry's body over at the end of section seventeen?
(a) Thompson.
(b) Beckett.
(c) Weaver.
(d) Eddie.

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

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

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

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

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

12. What is the name of Big Jack's girlfriend in section three?
(a) Shelly.
(b) Maggy.
(c) Tina.
(d) June.

13. 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) Eliot.
(b) Ginsberg.
(c) Wordsworth.
(d) Whitman.

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

15. According to section nine, what is it that makes Reagan right and everyone else so wrong?
(a) Speech writers.
(b) Facts.
(c) Fame.
(d) God.

Short Answer Questions

1. In section eighteen, Bukowski tells the story of trying to save a man who attempted suicide by what method?

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

3. What is the little girl in the doctor's office playing with when Henry arrives?

4. According to Bukowski's foreword, what are the chances that an accepted poem might be published?

5. In the letter Bukowski's ex-wife sends him, she says that he should attend poetry readings at which church?

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