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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of Henry's neighbor who keeps birds in section twenty-two?

2. In which of the following towns does section thirty take place?

3. In section thirty-eight, Bukowski says his mother was from what country?

4. At the end of section forty, what is the room number Hank winds up in?

5. Toward the end of section twenty-four, to which state does Bukowski's ex-wife move?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe how Bukowski meets the woman who ends up at his place in section nineteen.

2. What is the letter Bukowski relates in section twenty-six?

3. How does the landlady in section twenty-eight respond to the broken bed?

4. Describe Bukowski's housing situation in section twenty-three.

5. Why does the superior officer in section thirty-six finally order Stirkoff to be taken to the torture chamber?

6. Describe how Bukowski earns $50 in section thirty-four.

7. What happens in section thirty-eight when Bukowski goes home drunk?

8. Describe the conflict between Elsie and the cabbie in section thirty-one.

9. Describe what happens when Bukowski picks up the young prostitute and her lesbian manager in section twenty-five.

10. What revelation is given about Bukowski and Henry at the end of section twenty-two?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Is Yevonna actually mentally troubled, or is she merely "playing possum" because she's unhappy with Bukowski/Radowski? Develop a thesis and write a persuasive essay taking one view or the other. Be sure to include supporting information from the text.

Essay Topic 2

What is Bukowski's true opinion of women? Pick three of the women from the book with whom he interacts and build a thesis based on his treatment of those three women. Include supporting information from the text.

Essay Topic 3

Pick one of the statements from section 22 and write an essay detailing three ways in which this statement can be seen in practice in Bukowski's life (or in the life of one of his characters). Be sure to include supporting information from the text.

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