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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 which of the following cities does section twenty-one take place?
(a) New York.
(b) Philly.
(c) Kansas City.
(d) Atlanta.
2. In section thirty-five Bukowski tells his friend that it's not actually difficult to understand which author?
(a) Celine.
(b) Sartre.
(c) Camus.
(d) Kerouac.
3. In which of the following towns does section thirty take place?
(a) New Orleans.
(b) Los Angeles.
(c) Kansas City.
(d) Atlanta.
4. According to section thirty-eight, what is the name of Bukowski's father?
(a) Harry.
(b) Jim.
(c) Charles.
(d) Henry.
5. What is the maid's name in section forty?
(a) Dominga.
(b) Mary Ann.
(c) Felica.
(d) Marchianne.
Short Answer Questions
1. What is the name of Henry's dead father's girlfriend in section twenty-two?
2. What color are the child's eyes in section twenty?
3. In section thirty-four, the crying man has recordings of which famous composer?
4. In section thirty-nine, Bukowski says he attended Los Angeles High School during which decade?
5. What is the name of Bukowski's boss in section twenty-one?
Short Essay Questions
1. Describe the conflict between Elsie and the cabbie in section thirty-one.
2. What happens in section twenty-nine when Mary brings Eddie and the Duchess to Bukowski's place?
3. Why does the superior officer in section thirty-six finally order Stirkoff to be taken to the torture chamber?
4. Describe Bukowski's experience in the tough bar in section twenty-one.
5. Describe Bukowski's relationship with Renie in section thirty-seven.
6. How does the landlady in section twenty-eight respond to the broken bed?
7. What is the relationship between the two speakers in section twenty, and what evidence suggests it?
8. Describe how Bukowski meets the woman who ends up at his place in section nineteen.
9. What goes wrong with the plan to strike it rich in section thirty-three?
10. Describe how Bukowski earns $50 in section thirty-four.
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