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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. What color are the child's eyes in section twenty?
(a) Blue.
(b) Hazel.
(c) Brown.
(d) Green.

2. Who wrote the letter in section twenty-six?
(a) June.
(b) Meggy.
(c) Shirley.
(d) Lana.

3. In section thirty-eight, Bukowski says his mother was from what country?
(a) Russia.
(b) Germany.
(c) England.
(d) China.

4. In which of the following towns does section twenty-eight take place?
(a) Kansas City.
(b) Atlanta.
(c) Philly.
(d) New York.

5. In which of the following cities does section twenty-three take place?
(a) Sacramento.
(b) New York.
(c) Atlanta.
(d) Kansas City.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Bukowski's ex-girlfriend returns after their fight, which of the following men does she bring with her?

2. In which of the following cities does section twenty-one take place?

3. What item of clothing does the woman take when she leaves Bukowski's place in section nineteen?

4. In section twenty-five, Bukowski says a man can go ____ years without sex but can die in a week without a bowel movement.

5. What author does Bukowski encourage people to read in section twenty-five?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe what happened to Felica after she and Hank ran away from Yevonna in section forty.

2. Why does the superior officer in section thirty-six finally order Stirkoff to be taken to the torture chamber?

3. What is the letter Bukowski relates in section twenty-six?

4. What happens in section thirty-eight when Bukowski goes home drunk?

5. What is the relationship between the two speakers in section twenty, and what evidence suggests it?

6. Describe the conflict between Elsie and the cabbie in section thirty-one.

7. Describe Bukowski's relationship with Renie in section thirty-seven.

8. Describe Bukowski's experience in the tough bar in section twenty-one.

9. Describe how Bukowski meets the woman who ends up at his place in section nineteen.

10. What is Yevonna like physically before her marriage to Hank, and how does that change after the marriage in section forty?

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