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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Mescalito, Pages 15 through 29.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who had a twenty-fifth-floor Hilton suite in "Mescalito"?
(a) Richard Nixon.
(b) Hubert Humphrey.
(c) James Farmer.
(d) George Herman.

2. What liquor store did Thompson walk down to in the first entry of "Mescalito"?
(a) Pearl Street Liquor.
(b) Jackson Square Liquor.
(c) Sisters of Mercy Liquor.
(d) King's Cellar Liquor.

3. What signal did the flower children wave at Thompson in "Mescalito"?
(a) "W."
(b) "P."
(c) "Y."
(d) "V."

4. What did Thompson claim he was not in his letter in the Introduction?
(a) A chaste nun.
(b) A classical writer.
(c) A sane man.
(d) A brainless whore.

5. What Hawaiian word for "thank you" did Thompson write in the Introduction?
(a) Halou.
(b) Mahola.
(c) Aloha.
(d) Mahalo.

Short Answer Questions

1. Whom did Thompson feel like while conversing with the flower children in "Mescalito"?

2. In "Mescalito" Thompson wrote, "Yesterday a dope freak tried to steal the Goodyear blimp and take it to ______________."

3. What date is the second entry of "Mescalito"?

4. In the opening of "Mescalito" Thompson was full of pills, club sandwiches, and _____________.

5. What did Thompson write "is all that matters--except for the horrible scars" in the Introduction?

(see the answer key)

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