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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 1: Chapter 3 & 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is on the news at the first hotel that disturbs the attorney?
(a) Advertising for a rival firm.
(b) A horror flick.
(c) A piece about the Laos invasion.
(d) The swearing in of a new Supreme Court justice.

2. Why does Thompson ask his lawyer to drive in Part 1, Chapter 1?
(a) It is his lawyer's car.
(b) Thompson is having hallucinations.
(c) Thompson wants to work on his computer.
(d) Thompson is sleepy.

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

4. What does Thompson do to keep the hitchhiker from getting suspicious as to the men’s condition in Part 1?
(a) He turns on the radio so the hitchhiker cannot talk.
(b) Thompson pretends to go to sleep.
(c) He slips the hitchhiker a drug.
(d) He begins an explanation of why he and the lawyer are traveling.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What kind of job does Thompson have?

2. What kind of race is the Mint 400?

3. What do Thompson and the lawyer do right before they leave for Las Vegas?

4. How much is Thompson given for his trip to Las Vegas?

5. For what does Thompson tell the hitchhiker he and the lawyer are searching?

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