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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. Where do the journalists go after the race begins?
(a) Back to their hotels, the race will last about seven hours.
(b) To the finish line.
(c) Nowhere.
(d) To the bar at the race track.

2. When are Thompson and the lawyer at the track at the beginning of Part 1, Chapter 5?
(a) At sunrise.
(b) In late afternoon.
(c) In the evening.
(d) At noon.

3. What does Thompson see in the carpet at the first hotel bar in Las Vegas?
(a) Blood.
(b) His mother's face.
(c) Roaches.
(d) Pictures of Armageddon.

4. What did the person Thompson mentioned when talking about the long term effects of drug use do when Thompson asked him/her a question?
(a) He slaps Thompson in the face.
(b) He lies to Thompson.
(c) He tells Thompson that one has to find their own answers.
(d) He hums to himself and does not notice Thompson.

5. What does the lawyer do when he begins to feel the effects of the mescaline in Part 1, Chapter 6?
(a) He panics.
(b) He throws up.
(c) He gets up on the stage.
(d) He passes out.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Thompson get his credentials in Part 1?

2. What does the hitchhiker do when the attorney pulls the car off the road in Part 1, Chapter 3?

3. Why was Thompson almost arrested in Part 1?

4. Why does the attorney pull the car off the road in Part 1, Chapter 3?

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

(see the answer key)

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