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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Notes on the Pest.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where is Chinasky's flight headed?
(a) St. Louis.
(b) Burbank.
(c) Seattle.
(d) New York.

2. Where does Bukowski stay one summer?
(a) A friend's house.
(b) The Poet's Cottage.
(c) A dorm room.
(d) A hotel.

3. In Purple as an Iris, who discovers Bukowski and the woman?
(a) Other patients.
(b) His friends.
(c) His wife.
(d) Orderlies.

4. In Goodbye Watson, why does the narrator wake up soaking wet?
(a) It is not explained.
(b) From sleeping in the bathtub.
(c) From his friend pouring water on him to wake him up.
(d) Rain from an open window.

5. In Purple as an Iris, what does Bukowski sell?
(a) Alcohol.
(b) Cigarettes.
(c) Drugs.
(d) Books.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Mad Jimmy wearing?

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

3. Where did the narrator of Goodbye Watson go before he started attending horse races?

4. In Great Poets Die in Steaming Pots of Shit, what does the man that approaches Bukowski do?

5. What saves Blaine from being raped?

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