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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 6, June.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In what measurement of time is this book organized?
(a) Weeks.
(b) Months.
(c) Years.
(d) Days.

2. To what does Thompson compare the writer's problem he discusses in "June?"
(a) Blindness.
(b) A skin graft.
(c) Removing the tongue.
(d) Deafness.

3. What catches Thompson's attention at the primary in early May?
(a) A fax machine.
(b) Fifty typewriters being used at once.
(c) A news report.
(d) A song.

4. For what is Jerry Rubin known?
(a) For furthering the knowledge of drugs with Timothy Leary.
(b) For Communism.
(c) For attempting to levitate the Pentagon.
(d) As a Yippie activist.

5. Throughout "March," which politician does Thompson particularly focus on?
(a) George Wallace.
(b) John Lindsay.
(c) Ted Kennedy.
(d) Edmund Muskie.

Short Answer Questions

1. During the May primary, how does Thompson describe a politician hearing a particular sound?

2. When Thompson reaches his destination in "January, February, into March," how do his disrespectful peers treat him?

3. According to Thompson, how much time do the candidates devote to meeting constituents?

4. For whom does Thompson harbor a strange affection?

5. How is Thompson affected when a politician he politically respects suffers through a difficult event?

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