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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Goodbye Watson.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Doing Time with Public Enemy No. 1, why is Bukowski deemed unfit for combat?
(a) Mental illness.
(b) Excessive sensitivity.
(c) Excessive aggression.
(d) Poor physical shape.

2. What author does the narrator name in describing something about himself in Goodbye Watson?
(a) Ernest Hemingway.
(b) Charles Dickens.
(c) Jack Hendley.
(d) Charles Bukowski.

3. In Scenes from the Big Time, what does the narrator do all day?
(a) Cleans his cell.
(b) Order around his cell mate.
(c) Cleans pigeon droppings.
(d) Cleans the kitchen.

4. How much money do Harry and Madge have in Reunion?
(a) Fifteen hundred dollars.
(b) Twenty dollars.
(c) One hundred dollars.
(d) Fifteen dollars.

5. What does Duke do at night?
(a) Goes to work at the grocery store.
(b) Robs a liquor store.
(c) Leaves his family forever.
(d) Reads Lala a bedtime story.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Goodbye Watson, what does the narrator say that the track teaches him?

2. What does Lala do while in the store with her father?

3. Where does Jack Hendley arrive in Cunt and Kant and a Happy Home?

4. In Goodbye Watson, what athlete does the narrator have success with?

5. What is Mary taking Mad Jimmy to court for?

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