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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 1: Chapter 7 & 8.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What happens to the clerk’s face at the first hotel when Thompson is talking to her in Part 1?
(a) Nothing.
(b) Her face shows disgust at him.
(c) She blushes.
(d) It turns into a moray eel.

2. Why was Thompson almost arrested in Part 1?
(a) He hit the lawyer.
(b) He did not pay for his drinks in the bar.
(c) He yells about reptiles in the hotel lobby.
(d) He relieved himself in the hotel lobby's planter.

3. Where does Thompson get his credentials in Part 1?
(a) At the hotel office.
(b) At the local newspaper office.
(c) He carries them with him.
(d) At the press table.

4. Where were Thompson and the lawyer when Thompson’s employer calls them in Part 1, Chapter 1?
(a) At the golf course.
(b) At Thompson’s house.
(c) At the lawyer’s office.
(d) In the Polo lounge.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In Part 1, Chapter 7, what does the lawyer pull out in the elevator?

2. How much money was the man who talked about abusing his wife given when he was taken to the bus stop?

3. What does Thompson do while he is drinking at the end of Part 1, Chapter 5?

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

5. What does Thompson do to keep the hitchhiker from getting suspicious as to the men’s condition in Part 1?

(see the answer key)

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