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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through A Lovely Love Affair.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. About whom does Bukowski speak when he is with Wendy?
(a) Bukowski's ex-wife.
(b) Andre.
(c) Ezra Pound.
(d) James Thurber.

2. What is significant about the way Bukowski intends to prepare the titular "3 Chickens?"
(a) He is going to leave them raw.
(b) He is going to use Vicki's recipe.
(c) He is going to fry them in beer.
(d) He is going to stuff the chickens with psychotropic mushrooms.

3. According to the police, what must Vicki do at the end of "3 Chickens?"
(a) Press charges against Margi for assault.
(b) Increase her monthly protection payments.
(c) Leave the city forever.
(d) Divorce Bukowski.

4. Like many of his contemporaries (including Bukowski), on what has Andre been cheated?
(a) Magazine positions.
(b) Speaking engagements.
(c) Movie contracts.
(d) Book deals.

5. In "3 Chickens," who is Margi?
(a) The nurse who helps to care for Vicki's arm.
(b) Vicki's sister.
(c) An intended one-night-stand.
(d) Bukowski's landlady.

Short Answer Questions

1. What causes Bukowski to vomit in "The Day We Talked About James Thurber?"

2. In what mood is Bukowski at the end of "The Day We Talked About James Thurber?"

3. When Bukowski closes the folding bed into the wall in "3 Chickens," what injury does Vicki sustain?

4. What does Marie resist sleeping with Charlie?

5. Why does Bukowski punch Andre's male admirer in the face?

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