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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. As section three begins, what instrument does Bukowski sit down to play?
(a) Piano.
(b) Guitar.
(c) Saxophone.
(d) Fiddle.

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

3. As section five opens, how old does Bukowski say Kerouac is?
(a) 37.
(b) 62.
(c) 24.
(d) 45.

4. As section seventeen opens, Henry notes that it is what day of the week?
(a) Saturday.
(b) Thursday.
(c) Monday.
(d) Wednesday.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In the foreword, Bukowski mentions that Bryan's beard is what color?

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

3. Which famous holiday newspaper cover did Bryan have a problem with when he was fired?

4. What is the name of Bukowski's lady love in section seven?

5. When asked when he last saw his father, which of the following years does Neal say?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Henry respond to his ailment in section seventeen?

2. Describe the relationship between Freddie and his daughter in section eleven.

3. In section fourteen, where are the bodies located in the house?

4. In section sixteen, explain what event Red says he witnessed for which he was given a wallet to keep quiet.

5. In section ten, how does Moss convince Shareen to let them come over?

6. What does Bukowski mean at the end of section five when he says, "who cares about a dead battery?"

7. In section eighteen Bukowski discusses suicide. Describe Bukowski's personal suicide attempt and the result.

8. In section eight, what does Bukowski have to say about philosophers?

9. To what does Bukowski compare the smell behind the curtain in section three?

10. What does the narrator finally discover about dying at the end of section thirteen?

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