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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part II: Chapter 3 & 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Thompson decide to leave Las Vegas in Part 1, Chapter 9?
(a) His employer has another assignment for him.
(b) He is running up a large hotel bill and drug use makes him paranoid.
(c) A woman he met wants to see California.
(d) His job is done.

2. In what condition does Thompson find his attorney when Thompson arrives at their room in the Hotel Falmaingo?
(a) Sober and alert.
(b) Asleep.
(c) Depressed and tearful.
(d) Completely wasted.

3. Over what do Thompson and the lawyer get into an argument after the lawyer pulls the car over to the side of the road?
(a) Nothing.
(b) Over who is going to drive.
(c) Over picking up another hitchhiker.
(d) Over some spilled cocaine.

4. What does the hitchhiker do when the attorney pulls the car off the road in Part 1, Chapter 3?
(a) Flees into the desert.
(b) Makes the lawyer a sandwich.
(c) Gives the lawyer a cup of coffee.
(d) Takes over driving.

5. What does Thompson think, in the beginning of Chapter 12, is a real possibility for him?
(a) Having a physical and mental breakdown.
(b) Not being able to stay in Las Vegas.
(c) Being stopped by a police officer.
(d) Having his wife gone when he gets home.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the correspondent from Life magazine doing in Part 1, Chapter 5 that bothers Thompson?

2. What is on the news at the first hotel that disturbs the attorney?

3. Why was a pharmacy owner arrested, according to a newspaper Thompson reads while waiting for his car in Chapter 1, Chapter 9?

4. How many years did Ali get sentenced to prison, according to a newspaper Thompson reads while waiting for his car in Chapter 1, Chapter 9?

5. Why was Thompson almost arrested in Part 1?

(see the answer key)

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