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

2. What song is playing on the radio when Thompson takes over the car in Part 1, Chapter 4?
(a) "The Battle Hymn of Lieutenant Calley."
(b) “Give Peace a Chance.”
(c) “One Tin Soldier.”
(d) “The Eve of Destruction.”

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

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

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?
(a) Nothing.
(b) Over some spilled cocaine.
(c) Over picking up another hitchhiker.
(d) Over who is going to drive.

Short Answer Questions

1. What kind of shirt does the man who talks about physically abusing his wife wear?

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

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

4. What does Thompson have that helps his memories of the Saturday night before the race?

5. What does the lawyer do when he begins to feel the effects of the mescaline in Part 1, Chapter 6?

(see the answer key)

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