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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. How old is the prostitute Bukowski finds at the bar in section twenty-five?
(a) 30.
(b) 25.
(c) 17.
(d) 42.
2. What is the name of the man at the beginning of section thirty-six?
(a) Steinfelt.
(b) Milhaud.
(c) Williams.
(d) Stirkoff.
3. In section twenty-five, Bukowski says a man can go ____ years without sex but can die in a week without a bowel movement.
(a) 20.
(b) 100.
(c) 45.
(d) 70.
4. What is the name of Henry's dead father's girlfriend in section twenty-two?
(a) Shirley.
(b) June.
(c) Mary Ann.
(d) Maggy.
5. As section twenty-two opens, what relative of Henry's has died?
(a) Mother.
(b) Niece.
(c) Daughter.
(d) Sister.
Short Answer Questions
1. What is the name of Bukowski's boss in section twenty-one?
2. Toward the end of section twenty-four, to which state does Bukowski's ex-wife move?
3. Hank is finally forced to move his family to Yevonna's mother's house in section forty. In which of the following towns does the mother live?
4. In section twenty-six, what is the name of the friend who teaches poetry at an insane asylum?
5. As section twenty-three ends, Bukowski heads to which of the following cities?
Short Essay Questions
1. What is Yevonna like physically before her marriage to Hank, and how does that change after the marriage in section forty?
2. What goes wrong with the plan to strike it rich in section thirty-three?
3. Describe how Bukowski meets the woman who ends up at his place in section nineteen.
4. Describe Lou's plan to strike it rich in section thirty-three.
5. Why does the superior officer in section thirty-six finally order Stirkoff to be taken to the torture chamber?
6. What is the letter Bukowski relates in section twenty-six?
7. Describe Bukowski's experience in the tough bar in section twenty-one.
8. Describe how Hank finally gets rid of William in section twenty-seven.
9. What happens in section twenty-nine when Mary brings Eddie and the Duchess to Bukowski's place?
10. Describe how Bukowski earns $50 in section thirty-four.
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