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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. In what year did Bukowski write the foreword?
(a) 1969.
(b) 1976.
(c) 1993.
(d) 1984.

2. What is the name of Jack's daughter in section fourteen?
(a) Minnie.
(b) Jane.
(c) Becky.
(d) Maria.

3. Which horse won the 6th race at the end of section eight?
(a) Off.
(b) Rich Desire.
(c) Quadrant.
(d) Greyhound.

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

5. When Bukowski finds himself outside Yankee Stadium in section six, which former Yankee player does he mention as his boyhood hero?
(a) Yogi Berra.
(b) Babe Ruth.
(c) Lou Gehrig.
(d) Joe Dimaggio.

Short Answer Questions

1. What item does Bukowski steal from L as they prepare to leave the old man's house?

2. According to section twelve, revolution is all BUT WHICH of the following?

3. As section eighteen ends, Bukowski is listening to music on his radio from what country?

4. As section fourteen opens, what is the woman at the door selling?

5. In section ten, at whose apartment are the friends spending Saturday night?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. In section one, why is Bukowski stuck in his apartment?

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

5. What does Bukowski say after relating the rant from the sportscaster who wants to lock up the mad?

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

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

8. In section seven, by what process does Bukowski pick the fight winners at the Olympic?

9. What experience does Bukowski have with the Jewish cleaners in section six?

10. In section nine, Bukowski has what to say in response to the assassinations of Kennedy, King, and Malcolm X?

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