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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the name of the man's daughter in One for Walter Lowenfels?
(a) Madge.
(b) Vera.
(c) Tina.
(d) Lala.

2. What does Bukowski do with his phone in Notes on a Pest?
(a) Throws it out the window.
(b) Puts it in a box of rags.
(c) Breaks it.
(d) Disconnects it.

3. Of what kind of group have the boys in The Big Pot Game copied their language from?
(a) Hippies of the 1970s.
(b) Groups of the 1980s.
(c) Hepcats of the 1990s.
(d) Hepcats of the 1920s.

4. In Animal Crackers In My Soup, where has Carol spent time before?
(a) The hospital.
(b) A madhouse.
(c) Prison.
(d) Abroad.

5. What happens when the men and women's wards mix in Purple as an Iris?
(a) They pair off together.
(b) They fight.
(c) The men assault the women.
(d) They break out of the place.

Short Answer Questions

1. In One for Walter Lowenfels, what does the woman believe in?

2. Where does the woman take her daughter in One for Walter Lowenfels?

3. Who does the woman sleep with first in I Shot a Man in Reno?

4. Where had Bukowski planned on going after the mechanic?

5. What is Bukowski sick with in A Popular Man?

Short Essay Questions

1. How do the older men contrast with the younger ones in The Big Pot Game?

2. How do the boys disrespect the memories of the hepcats in The Big Pot Game?

3. What does a pest do, according to Bukowski in Notes on the Pest?

4. What happens at the end of the Flower Horse?

5. How does Bukowski's obsession with death and sex show up in Notes of a Potential Suicide?

6. What else does Bukowski realize about himself when he sees Luke in I Shot a Man in Reno?

7. What happens when Bukowski is discovered with Mary in Purple as an Iris?

8. What does the first woman in A Rain of Women remind Bukowski of?

9. Why does Bukowski cry after burning the blanket in The Blanket?

10. What does the murder of Carol's zoo in Animal Crackers in My Soup represent?

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