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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Purple as an Iris.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the desk clerk tell Frank?
(a) He loves him.
(b) He has to leave his room.
(c) A woman waits for him.
(d) He has news for him.

2. What does the man in Great Poets Die in Steaming Pots of Shit think of Bukowski's employment status?
(a) He gives no opinion.
(b) He praises his work at the post office.
(c) He sees it as normal.
(d) He cannot understand.

3. What job does Dan Skorski quit?
(a) Grocery store.
(b) Rubber processing plant.
(c) Writing.
(d) Post office.

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

5. In Reunion, from where does Harry return home?
(a) College.
(b) Rehabilitation.
(c) Prison.
(d) Work.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the desk clerk give Frank?

2. What is Mad Jimmy wearing?

3. What happens at the end of Beers and Poets and Talk?

4. Where does the foreman in Love it or Leave it distribute cans of food?

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

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