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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. What color is the vehicle that Thompson and his lawyer are driving to Las Vegas?
(a) Green.
(b) Black.
(c) Silver.
(d) Red.

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

3. Why was Muhammad Ali sentenced, according to a newspaper Thompson reads while waiting for his car in Chapter 1, Chapter 9?
(a) For beating his wife.
(b) For refusing to obey the draft.
(c) For hitting a man on the street.
(d) For cheating in the ring.

4. Why does Thompson decide in Part 1, Chapter 11 that he has two more hours before the law begins to look for him?
(a) Check-out time at the hotel is not until noon.
(b) The maids won’t clean his suite for another two hours.
(c) He can be out of Nevada in two hours.
(d) No one does anything early in the morning in Las Vegas, even law officers.

5. Where do Thompson and the lawyer go after they leave the Debbie Reynolds show?
(a) To the Circus-Circus.
(b) To the racetrack.
(c) To their hotel.
(d) To the Encore.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Thompson decide to do after talking with the individual he gave as an example of long term drug use?

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

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

4. What is the bartender wearing at the bar outside Las Vegas where Thompson has stopped at the end of Part 1?

5. What magazine in Part 1, Chapter 10 says they want a 50,000 word article from Thompson?

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