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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The White Beard.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When Vicki returns home at the end of "3 Chickens," what does she discover?
(a) Bukowski is moving out.
(b) Bukowski has prepared dinner for her.
(c) Bukowski and Margi are having sex.
(d) Bukowski has overdosed on drugs.

2. Who is Sanchez?
(a) Bukowski's lover's brother.
(b) Bukowski's coworker at the meat-packing plant.
(c) Bukowski's poet friend.
(d) Bukowski's neighbor.

3. In what mood is Bukowski at the end of "The Day We Talked About James Thurber?"
(a) Happy.
(b) Pensive.
(c) Depressed.
(d) Angry.

4. What does not appear to be one of Tony and Billy's concerns when they steal the corpse?
(a) Rigor mortis.
(b) Stench.
(c) Legality.
(d) Morality.

5. According to Bukowski, when is the only time one should bet on a closer during a horse race?
(a) Long races.
(b) When the jockey is substituted.
(c) Short races.
(d) When the lead horse falls behind.

Short Answer Questions

1. How much money does Bukowski win at the end of "25 Bums in Rags?"

2. Why is Joe unable to commit suicide after his paper folds?

3. What does the prostitute offer to perform for the unnamed narrator in "Trouble with a Battery," which he declines?

4. What does the unnamed narrator of "Trouble with a Battery" reveal to have been the reason he picked up a prostitute in the first place?

5. Why does Mason send the waiter away in "All the Great Writers?"

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