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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through A Bad Trip.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Bukowski say to the young poet about the incident between the boy and the old man in In Night Streets of Madness?
(a) It is his fault.
(b) The poet should have stopped it.
(c) It was wrong.
(d) It was just.

2. Where is the railroad crew that Bukowski signs up for in Love it or Leave it?
(a) Sacramento.
(b) Tucson.
(c) Los Angeles.
(d) Tijuana.

3. Who bails Bukowski out of jail?
(a) Vera.
(b) Barney.
(c) Ann.
(d) Dan.

4. What author does the narrator name in describing something about himself in Goodbye Watson?
(a) Ernest Hemingway.
(b) Charles Bukowski.
(c) Charles Dickens.
(d) Jack Hendley.

5. What is the name of the woman that Bukowski has relations with in Purple as an Iris?
(a) Vera.
(b) Mary.
(c) Bernie.
(d) Madge.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to the Too Sensitive narrator, what does a woman's clean kitchen mean?

2. What is the weather like where Bukowski is staying in My Stay at the Poet's Cottage?

3. What is Mary taking Mad Jimmy to court for?

4. What does Bukowski ask the woman to do after he takes a bath?

5. In Goodbye Watson, why does the narrator wake up soaking wet?

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