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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the name of Henry's dead father's girlfriend in section twenty-two?
(a) Maggy.
(b) Shirley.
(c) June.
(d) Mary Ann.

2. What is the name of the scrub woman Bukowski mentions in section twenty-seven?
(a) June.
(b) Meggy.
(c) Shirley.
(d) Helen.

3. What is the name of Henry's neighbor who keeps birds in section twenty-two?
(a) Charles.
(b) Harry.
(c) Jim.
(d) Carl.

4. During section twenty-one, Bukowski says that his writing was featured in a portfolio with work from all BUT WHICH of the following authors?
(a) Miller.
(b) Lorca.
(c) Kerouac.
(d) Sartre.

5. When Bukowski finds the woman with car trouble and takes her back to his place, what does she say her husband's name is?
(a) Carl.
(b) Frank.
(c) Bill.
(d) Joe.

6. In section thirty-five Bukowski tells his friend that it's not actually difficult to understand which author?
(a) Sartre.
(b) Kerouac.
(c) Celine.
(d) Camus.

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

8. In section forty, Hank learns that Felica is what relation to Yevonna?
(a) Aunt.
(b) Sister.
(c) Cousin.
(d) Niece.

9. Yevonna says in section forty that she loves which of the following that many people dislike?
(a) Flies.
(b) Rats.
(c) Roaches.
(d) Spiders.

10. 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) 70.
(c) 45.
(d) 20.

11. What item does Bukowski's friend take from him at the end of section thirty-three?
(a) Watch.
(b) Phone.
(c) Wallet.
(d) Keys.

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

13. In the letter in section twenty-six, the writer says that it all begins and ends with what?
(a) Money.
(b) Newspaper.
(c) Mailbox.
(d) Sex.

14. In section thirty-eight, Bukowski says his mother was from what country?
(a) Germany.
(b) China.
(c) England.
(d) Russia.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of Bukowski's ex-girlfriend in section twenty-nine?

2. In section thirty, Bukowski stays out of local fighting by saying that he is which nationality?

3. What is the name of the woman at the beginning of section thirty-seven?

4. When Bukowski leaves the party in section nineteen and decides not to drive, how many blocks does he say he has to walk?

5. In section twenty-six, what is the name of the friend who teaches poetry at an insane asylum?

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