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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 makes Henry start to lose money at the racetrack?
(a) Betty and her new boyfriend.
(b) The super.
(c) The Texan trying to distract him.
(d) Keeping other men away from the Texan.

2. What kind of sack does Henry Chinaski find himself wearing in the beginning of Chapter 1?
(a) Leather.
(b) Nylon.
(c) Cloth.
(d) Suede.

3. What does G.G. miss for the first time after the accusation?
(a) The Christmas party.
(b) Two days of work.
(c) The morning dispatch.
(d) His entire route.

4. What happens to Battles in Chapter 1 that depresses a supervisor?
(a) Battles falls ill.
(b) Battles is arrested.
(c) Battles is fired.
(d) Battles is killed.

5. What crime does Henry end up committing against the registered letter woman in Chapter 1?
(a) He blackmails her.
(b) He assaults her.
(c) He robs her.
(d) He rapes her.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Henry say when he reports to Prell station?

2. What did Henry have to do to become a substitute mail carrier?

3. Who stole money from mail in Chapter 1?

4. In Chapter 2, how does the racetrack go for Henry?

5. What happens in Chapter 1 when another woman annoys Henry by asking where the regular man is?

Short Essay Questions

1. What steps did it take for Henry to get hired at the post office, and how does he do?

2. What happens when Joyce wants to divorce Henry?

3. How does the woman who has the registered letter on Route 511 respond to Henry, and what does this lead to him doing in response?

4. Why does Joyce's father hate Henry?

5. What happens with Henry and the buffalo?

6. How does the author describe Joyce?

7. Why do Betty and Henry break up?

8. Why does delivering a registered letter on Route 511 go bad for Henry?

9. How does Henry meet Joyce?

10. How does the author explain why Henry's own clothes are shabby?

(see the answer keys)

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