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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 Mrs. Connors bring Mr. Sneed?
(a) Homemade casserole.
(b) Homemade soup.
(c) Sandwich.
(d) Bread.

2. In Goodbye Watson, what athlete does the narrator have success with?
(a) Watson Jones.
(b) Jack Hendley.
(c) Madge.
(d) Enrique Balanos.

3. What friend does Bukowski visit in I shot a man in Reno?
(a) Johnny.
(b) Jim.
(c) Luke.
(d) Derek.

4. What does the man interpret one of Bukowski's poems to be about in Great Poets Die in Steaming Pots of Shit?
(a) Loneliness.
(b) Love.
(c) Suicide.
(d) Suffocation.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Mr. Sneed do by the ocean?

3. In Goodbye Watson, why does the narrator wake up soaking wet?

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

5. What does the narrator offer to his girlfriend in Too Sensitive?

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