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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 1: Chapter 5 & 6.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Thompson do while he is drinking at the end of Part 1, Chapter 5?
(a) Try to pick-up a female reporter.
(b) Take notes on what he has seen.
(c) Talk to his mom on the phone.
(d) Watch a baseball game on the bar television.

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

3. Where do Thompson and the lawyer go to see the Debbie Reynolds show?
(a) The Thunder Head Casino.
(b) The Hilton Casino.
(c) The Desert Inn.
(d) Caesar’s Palace.

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

5. What do Thompson and the lawyer do right before they leave for Las Vegas?
(a) Stop by the lawyer’s house and leave a note for his wife.
(b) Go see a movie and sleep.
(c) Swim in the ocean and go see Thompson's mother.
(d) Swim in the ocean and have breakfast.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Thompson tell his lawyer they must do before dark in Part 1, Chapter 4?

2. What does Thompson briefly think to do when the hitchhiker talks about the car?

3. Who brings a pink telephone to Thompson in Part 1?

4. Where were Thompson and the lawyer when Thompson’s employer calls them in Part 1, Chapter 1?

5. Over what do Thompson and the lawyer get into an argument after the lawyer pulls the car over to the side of the road?

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