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

2. What does the hitchhiker do when the attorney pulls the car off the road in Part 1, Chapter 3?
(a) Makes the lawyer a sandwich.
(b) Takes over driving.
(c) Gives the lawyer a cup of coffee.
(d) Flees into the desert.

3. On what is Thompson and the lawyer getting high before they leave for Las Vegas?
(a) Mescaline and Singapore Slings.
(b) Black Russians.
(c) LSD and cocaine.
(d) Marijuana.

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

5. What does Thompson have that helps his memories of the Saturday night before the race?
(a) A video of all the important events.
(b) A recording of everyone to whom he spoke.
(c) Cryptic notecards.
(d) The fact that his lawyer was with him the whole night.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Why was Muhammad Ali sentenced, according to a newspaper Thompson reads while waiting for his car in Chapter 1, Chapter 9?

3. Under what name is Thompson going in the hotel in Part 1, Chapter 10?

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

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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