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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. In Love it or Leave It, what does Bukowski find to sleep in?
(a) An empty train car.
(b) A Mustang.
(c) An empty house.
(d) A Cadillac.

2. How much money does Harry owe the mechanic?
(a) Two hundred dollars.
(b) Fifty dollars.
(c) Seventy dollars.
(d) One hundred dollars.

3. What are the other men like on the train in Love it or Leave it?
(a) Ragged and boisterous.
(b) Angry and silent.
(c) Reserved and polite.
(d) Friendly but loud.

4. Where does Jack Hendley arrive in Cunt and Kant and a Happy Home?
(a) Prison.
(b) The casino.
(c) Rehabilitation.
(d) The horse track.

5. What does Bukowski give the fat woman's son in Rape! Rape!?
(a) A hug.
(b) A cookie.
(c) A toy.
(d) A dollar.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Scenes from the Big Time, which inmate serves time in the hole?

2. What author does the narrator name in describing something about himself in Goodbye Watson?

3. What state is Bukowski in during the summer in My Stay at the Poet's Cottage?

4. What does the man interpret one of Bukowski's poems to be about in Great Poets Die in Steaming Pots of Shit?

5. How many people tease Mr. Sneed?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the character of Frank Evans in An Evil Town.

2. What is the fan's fault in thinking, according to Bukowski in Great Poets Die in Steaming Pots of Shit?

3. Describe the character of Signo in The Stupid Christs.

4. Describe the character of Henry Chinasky in Would You Suggest Writing as a Career?.

5. What do Bukowski and Maxie leave the conversation with in A Quiet Conversation Piece?

6. Describe the town in An Evil Town.

7. Describe the moral code of prison in Scenes from the Big Time.

8. What does Bukowski realize in the jail cell in No Stockings?

9. In My Stay in the Poet's Cottage, how does Bukowski reply to the editor who is shocked at his walking in the stifling heat rather than wait for the bus?

10. How do pain and violence play a role in Nut Ward East of Hollywood?

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