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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 1: Chapter 11 & 12.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where did Thompson have his first hits of LSD?
(a) In Berkeley, attending college.
(b) In his brother-in-law’s house.
(c) In the Cow Palace.
(d) In the Fillimore.

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

3. Who brings a pink telephone to Thompson in Part 1?
(a) His sister.
(b) A dwarf.
(c) His girlfriend.
(d) A clown.

4. What is in the car Thompson has in Part 1, Chapter 9?
(a) A woman Thompson met at a bar.
(b) Nothing.
(c) Souvenirs, drugs, alcohol and a gun.
(d) Just luggage.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Thompson think, in the beginning of Chapter 12, is a real possibility for him?

2. How did Diane Hamby, whose body is stuffed in a refrigerator, die, according to a newspaper Thompson reads while waiting for his car in Chapter 1, Chapter 9?

3. What does Thompson tell his lawyer is the reason his lawyer should not come to the Flamingo?

4. Why is Thompson uncomfortable in a car full of narcotics in Part 1, Chapter 6?

5. When does Thompson’s lawyer leave Las Vegas?

(see the answer key)

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