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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 11 and Section 12.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the name of Big Jack's girlfriend in section three?
(a) Shelly.
(b) June.
(c) Tina.
(d) Maggy.

2. Bukowski ends section five by asking who cares about a dead what?
(a) Battery.
(b) Dream.
(c) Cat.
(d) Drunk.

3. In response to the assassination, Bukowski says HE didn't murder all BUT WHICH of the following?
(a) Kennedy.
(b) Malcom X.
(c) George Lincoln Rockwell.
(d) Martin Luther King Jr.

4. Bukowski says in section eight that if he has any advice for anyone it's to take up what?
(a) Gambling.
(b) Racing.
(c) Writing.
(d) Painting.

5. In the foreword, Bukowski says that the book contains selections from about _____ months worth of columns.
(a) 24.
(b) 14.
(c) 3.
(d) 9.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many track police attempt to subdue the angry crowd on the track in section eight?

2. From which publication does Bukowski mention that Bryan was fired?

3. In the foreword, Bukowski mentions that Bryan's beard is what color?

4. When Bukowski began writing for Bryan's newspaper, who was the author of the piece reviewed?

5. As section eleven opens, Freddie tells his boss he hasn't been to work because he's building what scientific device?

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