2. What is notable about Bukowski's time at the track in "The Beginner?"
(a) He no longer wishes to gamble on horses.
(b) He writes himself as a novice horse race gambler.
(c) He finds himself getting bored.
(d) He discovers Madge wins money by sleeping with the bookie.

3. What rumor does Lincoln believe about Vasquez?
(a) Vasquez is a murderer.
(b) Vasquez keeps five thousand dollars in his home.
(c) Vasquez is a drug dealer.
(d) Vasquez is a pedophile.

4. What is Jeff and Bukowski's favorite bar?
(a) The Hair of the Dog.
(b) The Green Light.
(c) Jones's Distillery.
(d) The Roach's Den.

5. What do the police officers do to Blanchard before taking him to the station?
(a) They take him to see the battered girl.
(b) They castrate him.
(c) They beat him up.
(d) They force him into a room with the girl's father.

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

7. How does Ramon Vasquez die?
(a) Lincoln drowns him in his pool.
(b) He drowns in his own blood.
(c) He is shot in the head.
(d) His throat is slit.

8. Why is the prostitute's brother acting as a bodyguard in "Trouble with a Battery?"
(a) The brother is simple, and this is the prositute's way of keeping him close.
(b) One of the girls was attacked and cut.
(c) The prostitute is wanted by the police.
(d) The brother likes to beat people up, unprovoked.

9. What story overtakes any stories about the U.S. government's accidental contamination of other countries' coasts?
(a) North Korea suggests they now have nuclear technology.
(b) Japan allies themselves with the U.S.
(c) Russia joins the arms race.
(d) A spy ship is seized.

10. When the officer confronts Bukowski in "My Big-Assed Mother," what does he keep trying to undo (which Bukowski manages to keep from happening)?
(a) The door-chain.
(b) A giant knot the women brought with them.
(c) Bukowski's button-up shirt.
(d) His belt.

11. How many languages does Andre speak?
(a) Six.
(b) Five.
(c) Seven.
(d) Four.

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

13. Describe the corpse Tony and Bill steal.
(a) A large man.
(b) Overweight senior citizen.
(c) Plain redhead.
(d) Beautiful blonde.

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

15. What does Bukowski attempt to read during oral sex in "My Big-Assed Mother?"
(a) Tito's fiction writing.
(b) Racing form.
(c) Shakespeare.
(d) The daily editorials.