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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. Where does Bukowski go before he goes to work in Great Poets Die in Steaming Pots of Shit?
(a) Grocery store.
(b) Casino.
(c) The track.
(d) Campus.

2. In Rape! Rape!, who does Bukowski see upon getting out of the bathroom?
(a) Policemen.
(b) The fat woman.
(c) The little boy.
(d) Mary.

3. Who does Bukowski drink heavily with prior to the Great Zen Wedding ceremony?
(a) Hollis.
(b) Roy.
(c) Harvey.
(d) Zen Master.

4. Where does Frank go after receiving the object from the clerk?
(a) Grocery store.
(b) Post office.
(c) To work.
(d) The movie theater.

5. How much money do Harry and Madge have in Reunion?
(a) Fifteen hundred dollars.
(b) One hundred dollars.
(c) Twenty dollars.
(d) Fifteen dollars.

Short Answer Questions

1. What kind of writer is Henry Chinasky?

2. What gift does Bukowksi give the couple for their wedding?

3. Why does the girlfriend scoff at the narrator's offer in Too Sensitive?

4. Where does Bukowski stay one summer?

5. How does Bukowski brush off the man in Great Poets Die in Steaming Pots of Shit?

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