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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Birth, Life and Death of an Underground Newspaper.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does Bukowski ultimately do with the stories he has clipped from the newspapers about his search for Gloria Westhaven?
(a) He gives them to Gloria.
(b) He buries them by her house.
(c) He publishes them in a book.
(d) He throws them away.

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

4. What sight depresses Bukowski the morning after his drunken bender in "Ten Jack-offs?"
(a) Sanchez has emptied all of Bukowski's alcohol in the sink.
(b) Sanchez and Kaakaa sleeping together on the couch.
(c) Kaakaa is crying in bed alone.
(d) Kaakaa is reciting poetry to Sanchez.

5. What sort of charges result from the publication of Joe and Cherry's newpaper?
(a) Obscenity.
(b) Disorderly conduct.
(c) Public drunkenness.
(d) Incention to riot.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why are people looking for Jerry Borst in "Twelve Flying Monkeys Who Won't Copulate Properly?"

2. According to Bukowski, when is the only time one should bet on a closer during a horse race?

3. Who is Sanchez?

4. For how long does Bukowski leave town in "The Most Beautiful Woman in Town?"

5. How much money does Bukowski first lose at the track in "25 Bums in Rags?"

(see the answer key)

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