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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 Bukowski ask the woman to do after he takes a bath?
(a) To make dinner.
(b) To call the police.
(c) To give him money.
(d) To leave.

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

3. Who tears an item of Mad Jimmy's?
(a) Izzy Steiner.
(b) Mary.
(c) Sears.
(d) The narrator.

4. Where did the narrator of Goodbye Watson go before he started attending horse races?
(a) Poker nights.
(b) Casino.
(c) College.
(d) Boxing club.

5. What does Lala do while in the store with her father?
(a) Runs away.
(b) Steals products.
(c) Asks him many questions.
(d) Makes a scene.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Bukowski buy with his food coupons in Love it or Leave it?

2. Why is Bukowski incarcerated in Doing Time with Public Enemy No. 1?

3. What author does the narrator name in describing something about himself in Goodbye Watson?

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

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

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