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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. With which group does George Wallace apparently have the most affinity?
(a) The students.
(b) The rich businessmen.
(c) The factory workers.
(d) The middle-classes.

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

3. According to Thompson, what group was responsible for settling the South?
(a) African-Americans.
(b) Italians.
(c) Criminals.
(d) The wealthy.

4. How does Thompson assist a group of people in "January, February, into March" who informed him of their collective hatred for politicians?
(a) Flagging down a ride.
(b) Getting their car on the road.
(c) Changing their oil.
(d) Reconstructing the motor.

5. In what city was Bobby Kennedy assassinated?
(a) Washington, D.C.
(b) Dallas.
(c) Los Angeles.
(d) New York City.

Short Answer Questions

1. What writer's problem does Thompson discuss in "June"?

2. Who does the younger generation tend to vote like?

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

4. Besides the factory, where else do the candidates go to visit and meet with workers?

5. When covering political stories, how does Thompson generally feel around large groups of unconnected people who cannot mix well?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Thompson describe the feeling for a politician when hearing a particular song in the Nebraska primary?

2. How does Thompson discuss the progressively more open drug use amongst the journalists?

3. How do the factory workers react to Senator McCarthy?

4. Describe Thompson's initial relationships with the other writers.

5. What is significant about the rumored "ten thousand naked hippies?"

6. How does Jerry Rubin tarnish Thompson's reputation?

7. Where are some of the places the campaign visits in "May" and why?

8. What does Thompson say about his toenails, and why is it important?

9. How does Thompson explain the journalistic term "pitch?"

10. In "June," what does Thompson say about lifting material from his past work to incorporate into his newer work?

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