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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What job does Bukowski take on temporarily after losing a good sum of money at the track in "25 Bums in Rags?"
(a) Delivering newspapers.
(b) Tutoring college students.
(c) Working in a meat packing plant.
(d) Garbage man.

3. What do Tony and Bill do to the corpse before disposing of it at the end of the story?
(a) They dismember the corpse.
(b) They dress the corpse up.
(c) They burn the corpse.
(d) They rape the corpse.

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?
(a) He was getting his watch repaired.
(b) His car battery died.
(c) He was looking for a set of batteries for his daughter's toy.
(d) He was trying to get back at his wife.

5. According to Mason, what sort of product must he push in order to make a profit in his business?
(a) Sex.
(b) Books that will sell.
(c) Flashing advertising.
(d) Premium electronics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Bukowski ask Madge to keep her skirt pulled down while they are at the race track?

2. According to Bukowski, he is twenty-nine years old in "My Big-Assed Mother," but looks what age?

3. What job does Bukowski attempt to get at the Farm Labor Market in "3 Women?"

4. According to the police, what must Vicki do at the end of "3 Chickens?"

5. Describe the corpse Tony and Bill steal.

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