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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 1: Chapter 9 & 10.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many years did Ali get sentenced to prison, according to a newspaper Thompson reads while waiting for his car in Chapter 1, Chapter 9?
(a) Six.
(b) Three.
(c) Ten.
(d) Five.

2. What does the lawyer ask Thompson to do when Thompson returns to the hotel room in Part 1, Chapter 7?
(a) See if there are any drugs in the ruined pillows.
(b) Throw the radio in the tub.
(c) Talk to the man he has on the phone.
(d) He does not ask Thompson to do anything, he is sleeping.

3. What is the correspondent from Life magazine doing in Part 1, Chapter 5 that bothers Thompson?
(a) He is trying to pick-up Thompson.
(b) He is drunk and slumped over the bar.
(c) He is snorting cocaine in public.
(d) He is being too aggressive with a woman.

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

5. What does the lawyer do when Thompson does not do what the lawyer has asked upon returning to the hotel room in Part 1, Chapter 7?
(a) Brandish his hunting knife at him.
(b) Stabs at him with the letter opener.
(c) Threaten him with a gun.
(d) Poke him in the arm with his pen knife.

Short Answer Questions

1. How long was Thompson able to keep his original decision never to use LSD?

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

3. Why does Thompson leave the lawyer in the hotel room in Part 1, Chapter 7?

4. Who does the hotel in Part 1, Chapter 10 think is paying Thompson’s hotel bill?

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

(see the answer key)

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