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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does Blanchard corner the girl and her two friends?
(a) The five-and-dime.
(b) The foyer in his apartment.
(c) The garage.
(d) The playground.

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

3. What does Talbot swear to do one night in the future?
(a) Kill Herb.
(b) Pick up a prostitute.
(c) Blow up their manager's office.
(d) Steal Herb's money and run away.

4. Where do Lincoln and Andrew claim to have driven from in order to gain entrance to Vasquez's house?
(a) Missouri.
(b) Nebraska.
(c) Kansas.
(d) Ohio.

5. How old is the prostitute who joins the three men in "The White Beard?"
(a) Thirteen.
(b) Sixteen.
(c) Twenty-three.
(d) Thirty.

Short Answer Questions

1. What section of the hospital has Bukowski just left in "The Beginner?"

2. At what address are the surgeries on the president of the United States performed in "Swastika?"

3. Why does Harry reckon he is going to have to kill Ginny and Duke?

4. What word does Jeff cry out after throwing the husband and wife down the stairwell?

5. In what activity is Marie engaged when Charlie grows aroused by her?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is significant about the condition of the stolen corpse in "The Copulating Mermaid of Venice, California" and how do Tony and Bill react to it?

2. What is significant about the U.S.S. Pueblo?

3. Why does Madge first take Bukowski to Hollywood Park?

4. What does Bukowski mean when he disagrees with Herb's assessment that the schoolchildren who were killed in the explosion never got laid?

5. Why does Marie take in Charlie in "A Lovely Love Affair?"

6. What leads up to Bukowski never seeing Jeff again in "A Drinking Partner?"

7. What is significant about the prostitute's brother in "Trouble with a Battery?"

8. Describe Tito and Baby.

9. What are the logistics of Harry's plan to recover the gold from the artillery range?

10. How does Bukowski force the police to leave in "My Big-Assed Mother?"

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