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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part II: Chapter 7 & 8.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the lawyer ask Thompson to do when Thompson returns to the hotel room in Part 1, Chapter 7?
(a) Talk to the man he has on the phone.
(b) He does not ask Thompson to do anything, he is sleeping.
(c) Throw the radio in the tub.
(d) See if there are any drugs in the ruined pillows.

2. Why does Thompson feel on edge around the seminar people in Part II, Chapter 7?
(a) He cannot find anyone to write about.
(b) He is afraid they will see him for a user.
(c) He has an aversion to them.
(d) He wants them to like him.

3. In Part 1, Chapter 7, what does the lawyer pull out in the elevator?
(a) A pen knife.
(b) A razor sharp hunting knife.
(c) A switchblade.
(d) A Magnum .357.

4. Why does Thompson leave the lawyer in the hotel room in Part 1, Chapter 7?
(a) So Thompson can move the car to the hotel garage.
(b) So the lawyer can sleep off the drugs in his system.
(c) So Thompson can clear up the misunderstanding with the photographer.
(d) So Thompson can meet a woman from the bar.

5. Why was the person in jail , according to the newspaper article Thompson read in the pharmacy parking lot?
(a) He had robbed a store.
(b) He was having a drug overdose.
(c) He was a draft dodger.
(d) He had been arrested for reckless driving.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the lawyer doing when Thompson returns to the hotel room in Part 1, Chapter 7?

2. Why does Thompson stop at the gas station with the White Whale in Part II, Chapter 8?

3. What does Thompson buy at the pharmacy at the beginning of Part II?

4. Why does the waitress in Part II, Chapter 8 become afraid of the attorney?

5. How does the DA in the bar act when Thompson and the attorney give specifics of crimes?

(see the answer key)

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