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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Henry do right before his reading in Chapter 62?
(a) Do drugs until he passes out.
(b) Sleep with Tammie.
(c) Go shopping with his editor.
(d) Vomit several times, then drink.

2. Why did Cecelia divorce her husband?
(a) She likes Henry better.
(b) She is no longer in love with him.
(c) His drug addiction.
(d) His infidelity.

3. After leaving Tammie because she angers him, what does Henry do later when she returns to the hotel room?
(a) Sexually molests her.
(b) Verbally abuses her.
(c) She never returns to the hotel room.
(d) Physically beats her.

4. Who does Henry receive a letter from in Chapter 94?
(a) Tanya.
(b) Debra.
(c) Lydia.
(d) Iris.

5. Who does Mercedes marry in Chapter 72?
(a) Henry.
(b) Marvin.
(c) Bobby.
(d) Little Jack.

6. What is the sex between Henry and Liza like in Chapter 85?
(a) Rough.
(b) Gentle.
(c) Comfortable.
(d) They do not sleep together.

7. What does Henry do after Liza leaves in the morning in Chapter 85?
(a) Masturbate.
(b) Go back to sleep.
(c) Use drugs.
(d) Get drunk.

8. What does Tammie find in the morning in Chapter 64?
(a) A pair of someone else's panties.
(b) Another woman in bed with Henry.
(c) An old prescription.
(d) Alcohol.

9. What does Mercedes ask Henry to do in front of her in Chapter 73?
(a) Masturbate.
(b) Get drunk.
(c) Read his poetry.
(d) Dance.

10. What is Henry worried about in Chapters 58 through 60?
(a) Tammie cheating on him.
(b) Giving his poetry reading.
(c) Missing the flight.
(d) Finding a job.

11. What does Cecelia allow Henry to do in Chapter 80?
(a) Sleep with her.
(b) Kiss her.
(c) Do drugs in front of her.
(d) Take her to the airport.

12. What is Henry asked to write in Chapter 77?
(a) Keesing's eulogy.
(b) Nothing.
(c) The foreword to an upcoming edition of Keesing's poetry.
(d) A new book of poetry.

13. Whose literary accomplishments is Henry impressed with in Chapter 74?
(a) Henry Chinaski.
(b) William Keesing.
(c) Lydia Vance.
(d) William Burroughs.

14. Why does Tammie fly into a rage in Chapter 67?
(a) Because she is drunk.
(b) Because the check for the reading is not in the amount promised.
(c) Because Henry does a bad job at the poetry reading.
(d) Because Henry beats her.

15. What does Tammie do a surprisingly creditable job of in Chapter 67?
(a) Staying sober.
(b) Finding a new partner.
(c) Hiding from the police.
(d) Introducing Henry for a reading.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who looks straight through Henry in Chapter 83?

2. How many women does Henry meet at his reading in a local club in Chapter 87?

3. What does Henry accuse Tammie of the day after her brother and his friends visit?

4. Who is fairly judgmental in Chapter 96?

5. Where does Henry give a reading in Chapter 93?

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