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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. After murdering Vasquez, how much money do Lincoln and Andrew steal?
(a) $5,000.
(b) $61.
(c) $205.
(d) $23.

2. What is the disparity in the looks of the two women versus their true age in "My Big-Assed Mother?"
(a) Fifteen years.
(b) Thirty years.
(c) Ten years.
(d) Twenty years.

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

4. What is Herb's trademark noise in "The White Beard?"
(a) Whistles.
(b) Passing gas.
(c) Belches.
(d) Laughs.

5. What is the name of the hospital in "The Copulating Mermaid of Venice, California?"
(a) Stomach Hospital.
(b) Brain Hospital.
(c) Heart Hospital.
(d) Liver Hospital.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Bukowski claim to be doing with Tito and Baby to the police officer?

2. Why is the prostitute's brother acting as a bodyguard in "Trouble with a Battery?"

3. According to "All the Great Writers," which of the following is not a characteristic of most writers?

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

5. On the first morning Charlie stays with Marie, what does she leave behind?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who is Ginny?

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

3. What does Charlie leave Marie?

4. What is the fate of the president after the surgeries are completed?

5. What happens when Bukowski decides to not correct the visitors' assumption that he himself is Andre?

6. What are Henry Mason's opinions about artists?

7. Why does Bukowski refuse to acquaint himself with Gramercy Edwards in "A Drinking Partner?"

8. Why does Bukowski decide to find a better girlfriend than Madge at the end of the story?

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

10. At the end of the story, what is revealed as the reason for the narrator's presence at the bar, and what does this suggest about his feelings on the whole encounter?

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