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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through My Stay in the Poet's Cottage.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Doing Time with Public Enemy No. 1, what does Bukowski's non-English speaking cell mate do?
(a) Steals Bukowski's sheets.
(b) Gets out of prison before Bukowski.
(c) Learns English from Bukowski.
(d) Attacks Bukowski.

2. Where does Jack Hendley arrive in Cunt and Kant and a Happy Home?
(a) Rehabilitation.
(b) The horse track.
(c) Prison.
(d) The casino.

3. Who does Jack Hendley notice is following him around?
(a) An old man.
(b) A young woman.
(c) A young man.
(d) An old woman.

4. How much money does Harry owe the mechanic?
(a) Seventy dollars.
(b) Fifty dollars.
(c) One hundred dollars.
(d) Two hundred dollars.

5. In Goodbye Watson, why does the narrator wake up soaking wet?
(a) Rain from an open window.
(b) From his friend pouring water on him to wake him up.
(c) It is not explained.
(d) From sleeping in the bathtub.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Scenes from the Big Time, what does the narrator do all day?

2. In Goodbye Watson, what athlete does the narrator have success with?

3. How does Bukowski spend most of his time in My Stay at the Poet's Cottage?

4. Where does Bukowski go before he goes to work in Great Poets Die in Steaming Pots of Shit?

5. What does the man interpret one of Bukowski's poems to be about in Great Poets Die in Steaming Pots of Shit?

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