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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through A Dollar and 20 Cents.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Mr. Sneed believe there is no shame in?
(a) Living extravagantly.
(b) Aging.
(c) Living simply.
(d) Working at the post office.

2. Why does the girlfriend scoff at the narrator's offer in Too Sensitive?
(a) She thinks Benny is too good for that job.
(b) She thinks Benny is not skilled enough.
(c) She thinks Benny is too sensitive.
(d) She thinks Benny is too arrogant for the job.

3. Who does Chinasky avoid at a party?
(a) A woman.
(b) Belford.
(c) Hemingway.
(d) His wife.

4. Where does Dan spend much of his time while at work?
(a) In his own office.
(b) In Signo's house.
(c) At the post office.
(d) At Griffo's.

5. In the story Great Poets Die in Steaming Pots of Shit, where does Bukowski work?
(a) College campus.
(b) Grocery store.
(c) Post office.
(d) Publisher.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Bukowski feel after being charged with rape?

2. Where is Chinasky's flight headed?

3. What does Mr. Sneed do with the food Mrs. Connors brings him?

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

5. In Reunion, from where does Harry return home?

(see the answer key)

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