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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to the narrator in Too Sensitive, what does a man's clean kitchen mean?
(a) He is dull and conditioned.
(b) It means nothing.
(c) He is responsible.
(d) He is a clean and organized person.

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

3. Where does the foreman in Love it or Leave it distribute cans of food?
(a) California.
(b) Texas.
(c) New Mexico.
(d) Arizona.

4. According to the Too Sensitive narrator, what does a woman's clean kitchen mean?
(a) She loves her man enough to clean for him.
(b) She hates dirt.
(c) She is independent.
(d) She is dull and conditioned.

5. Where does Dan spend much of his time while at work?
(a) In Signo's house.
(b) In his own office.
(c) At the post office.
(d) At Griffo's.

6. What does Frank describe to his mother?
(a) The evil sin of the town.
(b) His own sins.
(c) The clerk's sins.
(d) The goodness of the town.

7. What does Duke do at night?
(a) Reads Lala a bedtime story.
(b) Robs a liquor store.
(c) Leaves his family forever.
(d) Goes to work at the grocery store.

8. What profession does Benny have?
(a) Postal worker.
(b) Poet.
(c) Teacher.
(d) Factory worker.

9. What does Bukowski buy with his food coupons in Love it or Leave it?
(a) Cans of food.
(b) Beer.
(c) Milk.
(d) Cheese and bread.

10. What does Mr. Sneed do with the food Mrs. Connors brings him?
(a) Pretends he likes it.
(b) Eats it all enthusiastically.
(c) Throws it outside the window.
(d) Refuses it.

11. What kind of writer is Henry Chinasky?
(a) A nonfiction writer.
(b) A novelist.
(c) A poet.
(d) A technical writer.

12. In the story Great Poets Die in Steaming Pots of Shit, where does Bukowski work?
(a) Grocery store.
(b) Post office.
(c) College campus.
(d) Publisher.

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

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

15. What does the desk clerk give Frank?
(a) His lost wallet.
(b) A letter.
(c) A dinner menu.
(d) A piece of cheese.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Duke's wife scold him in A .45 to Pay the Rent?

2. What is the name of one of the boys who teases Mr. Sneed?

3. In A Quiet Conversation Piece, who does Bukowski sit with?

4. Where does Dan go for his new job?

5. In Goodbye Watson, what does the narrator say that the track teaches him?

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