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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What color are the child's eyes in section twenty?
(a) Blue.
(b) Hazel.
(c) Green.
(d) Brown.

2. What is the name of Bukowski's boss in section twenty-one?
(a) Carl.
(b) Bill.
(c) Jim.
(d) Henry.

3. In section thirty-nine, Bukowski says he attended Los Angeles High School during which decade?
(a) 1930s.
(b) 1950s.
(c) 1940s.
(d) 1960s.

4. In which of the following cities does section twenty-one take place?
(a) Atlanta.
(b) New York.
(c) Kansas City.
(d) Philly.

5. In section thirty-two, Bukowski says that if you'd like to know who your friends are you should get what?
(a) Fancy house.
(b) Jail sentence.
(c) Lottery ticket.
(d) Beautiful wife.

6. In section thirty-two, Bukowski says that there aren't any ________ in foxholes.
(a) Cowards.
(b) Angels.
(c) Demons.
(d) Clowns.

7. At the end of section forty, what is the room number Hank winds up in?
(a) 28.
(b) 52.
(c) 41.
(d) 12.

8. At the end of section thirty-one, which of the following tells Bukowski about Sunderson's murder?
(a) Frances.
(b) Ricco.
(c) Pinelli.
(d) Marty.

9. Who wrote the letter in section twenty-six?
(a) Meggy.
(b) Shirley.
(c) Lana.
(d) June.

10. What is the name of the stripper in section thirty-seven?
(a) Amy.
(b) Miriam.
(c) Louise.
(d) Renie.

11. When Bukowski leaves the party in section nineteen and decides not to drive, how many blocks does he say he has to walk?
(a) 15.
(b) 2.
(c) 25.
(d) 8.

12. What is the name of the woman at the beginning of section thirty-seven?
(a) Renie.
(b) Louise.
(c) Amy.
(d) Miriam.

13. In section twenty-five, Bukowski says a man can go ____ years without sex but can die in a week without a bowel movement.
(a) 100.
(b) 45.
(c) 70.
(d) 20.

14. In section thirty-six, the man being questioned states that a brave man is one who doesn't know what a _______ is.
(a) Lion.
(b) Shark.
(c) Tiger.
(d) Alligator.

15. Toward the end of section twenty-four, to which state does Bukowski's ex-wife move?
(a) Alaska.
(b) Texas.
(c) Arizona.
(d) California.

Short Answer Questions

1. In section forty, Hank learns that Felica is what relation to Yevonna?

2. In which of the following towns does section twenty-eight take place?

3. Yevonna says in section forty that she loves which of the following that many people dislike?

4. What is the name of the scrub woman Bukowski mentions in section twenty-seven?

5. In section nineteen, the kids say that on the previous weekend Bukowski was dancing with what household item?

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