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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. Why does the attorney pull the car off the road in Part 1, Chapter 3?
(a) He wants something to eat.
(b) He pretends the car is broken.
(c) He is getting sleepy.
(d) He is pretending to have a heart attack.

2. Where were Thompson and the lawyer when Thompson’s employer calls them in Part 1, Chapter 1?
(a) In the Polo lounge.
(b) At the lawyer’s office.
(c) At the golf course.
(d) At Thompson’s house.

3. Why does Thompson begin driving faster after the lawyer pulls out a gun in Part 1?
(a) Thompson wants to arrive at the hotel before he is too messed up to drive.
(b) Thompson wants to see how fast the car can go.
(c) The lawyer said he is going to shoot Thompson.
(d) Thompson is hoping to scare his lawyer.

4. What song is playing on the radio when Thompson takes over the car in Part 1, Chapter 4?
(a) "The Battle Hymn of Lieutenant Calley."
(b) “The Eve of Destruction.”
(c) “Give Peace a Chance.”
(d) “One Tin Soldier.”

5. What does the police officer in Part 1, Chapter 12 tell Thompson to do?
(a) Pull into the next rest area and take a nap.
(b) Put his hands on the hood of the car.
(c) Get out of the vehicle.
(d) Keep his hands on the steering wheel.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why was Thompson almost arrested in Part 1?

2. What does Thompson say they must get before they can leave for Las Vegas?

3. Why does the attorney run a red light in Part 1, Chapter 4?

4. Why is Thompson uncomfortable in a car full of narcotics in Part 1, Chapter 6?

5. How many vehicles leave when the race first begins in Part 1, Chapter 5?

Short Essay Questions

1. What bothers Thompson about the newspaper he is reading while waiting for his car to be brought to him in Part I, Chapter 9?

2. Why does Thompson decide to leave Las Vegas in Part I, Chapter 9?

3. What does Thompson realize after the attorney pulls a gun on him in Part I, Chapter 3?

4. What does the attorney think when he and Thompson find the photographer’s key waiting for them?

5. Where is Thompson’s lawyer when Thompson decides to leave Las Vegas in Part I, Chapter 9, and what does the lawyer leave with Thompson?

6. What does Thompson do after the attorney threatens people in the elevator in Part I, Chapter 7, and why does the attorney feel so badly?

7. What is waiting for Thompson at Hotel Flamingo in Part I, Chapter 10, and what does Thompson decide to do about the telegram he receives?

8. Why and how does the hitchhiker leave the car that the attorney is driving?

9. Why is Hunter Thompson going to Las Vegas at the beginning of the book?

10. What happens when Thompson and the lawyer attempt to check into the first hotel they stay at in Las Vegas?

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