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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Pp. 195-215.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What significant event in history does Chinaski consider in "Sunny Side Down"?
(a) World War II.
(b) French Revolution.
(c) Cold War.
(d) Industrial Revolution.

2. Which of the following has happened to Chinaski in "Longshot"?
(a) He is fighting.
(b) He is working.
(c) He is cleaning.
(d) He is losing a lot of blood.

3. In "Concrete," who invites Chinaski to his house?
(a) A teacher.
(b) A hairstylist.
(c) A painter.
(d) A poet.

4. Chinaski was told that the odds of a patient surviving a hospital for the poor are ______________.
(a) Fifty to one.
(b) One hundred to one.
(c) Two to one.
(d) Ten to one.

5. Where is Chinaski's favorite place in "My Vanishing Act"?
(a) A meadow.
(b) A football field.
(c) A baseball field.
(d) A graveyard.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "Gay Paree" what does Chinaski describe?

2. What is Chinaski's justification for indolence and excess?

3. Saroyan flees from the United States to _________.

4. Who is most fond of motivational cliches?

5. In "Helping the Old," where does Chinaski try to assist an old man?

(see the answer key)

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