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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Henry go once he has money?

2. What part of Willie's body is missing?

3. What does Henry pawn in this section?

4. What is the name of the bar owner's husband?

5. Where does Henry sleep the night?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Henry anger his parents in the second section?

2. How does Henry meet Laura?

3. How does Martha upset Henry in the second section?

4. How is Henry trying to develop his writing career in the fourth section?

5. What does Henry do while his parents are away?

6. How does Henry meet Gertrude?

7. What does Carson Gentry make Henry understand about life in the fourth section?

8. How does Willie's death affect the girls?

9. What is Henry's frame of mind when he arrives in New Orleans?

10. Why does Henry decide it is time to go back to Los Angeles?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How does Bukoski represent sex? How did people in the 70s perceive Bukowski's representations of sex? How do people today perceive Bukowski's representations of sex?

Essay Topic 2

Choose two of the following people and outline their influence on Chinaski's life:

1. His father.

2. Jan.

3. Gertrude.

4. Tim Hunter.

Essay Topic 3

What does Bukowski express about liberty in his novel? In what ways are Bukowski and his career an example of American liberty?

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