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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 the man at the beginning of section thirty-six?

2. In which of the following cities does section twenty-three take place?

3. In section forty, Hank learns that Felica is what relation to Yevonna?

4. 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?

5. In section thirty-two, Bukowski says that there aren't any ________ in foxholes.

Short Essay Questions

1. In section twenty-four, describe the relationship between Bukowski and his wife.

2. What happens in section twenty-nine when Mary brings Eddie and the Duchess to Bukowski's place?

3. Describe Bukowski's experience in the tough bar in section twenty-one.

4. What goes wrong with the plan to strike it rich in section thirty-three?

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

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

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

8. What is the relationship between the two speakers in section twenty, and what evidence suggests it?

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

10. Describe what happened to Felica after she and Hank ran away from Yevonna in section forty.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Is Bukowski generally an honest person or a dishonest one? Using supporting information from the text, set up a thesis and write a persuasive essay arguing one way or the other.

Essay Topic 2

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 3

Compare and contrast Bukowski's view of homosexuality with that of his friend Kerouac. Be sure to include quotes and supporting information from the text.

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