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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. What is the name of the horse that punches through the angry crowd at the racetrack?
(a) Rich Desire.
(b) Greyhound.
(c) Off.
(d) Quadrant.

2. What is the name of Big Jack's girlfriend in section three?
(a) Maggy.
(b) Tina.
(c) Shelly.
(d) June.

3. While sitting at the racetrack, Bukowski notes that the track doubled the parking fee to what amount?
(a) $1.00.
(b) $2.00.
(c) $6.00.
(d) 50 cents.

4. At the end of section sixteen, Bukowski does what?
(a) Sleeps.
(b) Writes.
(c) Gets drunk.
(d) Goes to work.

5. After the saleswoman leaves, Jack remembers that there are how many dead bodies in his house?
(a) 3.
(b) 1.
(c) 8.
(d) 4.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what Italian city does section five take place?

2. When Bukowski leaves the apartment after the card game fight, to which city does he take a bus?

3. What does Jack get out of the freezer toward the end of section fourteen?

4. The other patients are reading all BUT WHICH of the following magazines when Henry arrives at the doctor's office?

5. From which publication does Bukowski mention that Bryan was fired?

Short Essay Questions

1. Based on the foreword, describe the process by which this book came to be.

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

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

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

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

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

7. According to Bukowski, why does the crowd continue to bet on the races after the riot on the field in section eight?

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

9. At the end of section four, what does Bukowski say he said to Neal when they first met?

10. Explain who saws off Jimmy Crispin's wings in section two, and why.

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