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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 thirteen opens, the narrator says they were right when they said not to mix pills with what form of alcohol?
(a) Cognac.
(b) Vodka.
(c) Rum.
(d) Whiskey.

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

3. What is the name of Bukowski's friend at the beginning of section sixteen?
(a) Red.
(b) Howard.
(c) Jensen.
(d) Johnson.

4. Which of the friends says, in section ten, that some men just aren't any good with women and that he personally never has been?
(a) Bird.
(b) Bukowski.
(c) Moss.
(d) Anderson.

5. How many track police attempt to subdue the angry crowd on the track in section eight?
(a) 20.
(b) 8.
(c) 5.
(d) 10.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to section nine, what is it that makes Reagan right and everyone else so wrong?

2. Bukowski says, during the final baseball game, that the Blues are behind 10 to 0 by which inning?

3. What nationality is L's butler in section fifteen?

4. As section seventeen opens, Henry notes that it is what day of the week?

5. How long ago did professors start knocking at the narrator's door in section thirteen?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the circumstances Bukowski relates in section eighteen about his friend Lou's attempted suicide.

2. Describe Henry's ailment in section seventeen.

3. Explain why Bukowski is tired of the bar scene in section sixteen.

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

5. When his friend Kerouac speaks out against homosexuals in section five, how does Bukowski respond?

6. At the end of section one, what explanation does Bukowski give for the fight with Elf?

7. Why, according to section twelve, is Bukowski happy to be living in the age he is despite the chaos and corruption?

8. What do Moss and Anderson decide in the course of their discussion about the laws of nature in regard to mating practices?

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

10. Describe Bukowski's concerns about revolution as discussed in section twelve.

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