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

2. What does Thompson tell his lawyer is the reason his lawyer should not come to the Flamingo?
(a) Foreigners are not welcome there.
(b) Thompson is not going to write anymore articles.
(c) He has left Las Vegas.
(d) The Flamingo's rooms are too small.

3. 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) Poke him in the arm with his pen knife.
(b) Stabs at him with the letter opener.
(c) Brandish his hunting knife at him.
(d) Threaten him with a gun.

4. 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?
(a) An overdose of heroin.
(b) She was murdered.
(c) She took an overdose of pills and climbed in the refrigerator.
(d) The cause of death is unknown.

5. Who does Thompson say he sees in Baker?
(a) The F.B.I.
(b) One of the winners of the Mint 400.
(c) His lawyer.
(d) The hitchhiker they had picked up on the way to Las Vegas.

Short Answer Questions

1. What kind of job does Thompson have?

2. In Part 1, Chapter 9, what does Thompson read is a main conflict in the United States?

3. Why was a pharmacy owner arrested, according to a newspaper Thompson reads while waiting for his car in Chapter 1, Chapter 9?

4. Who does Thompson mention when he talks about the long term effects of drug use?

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?

(see the answer key)

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