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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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) Flees into the desert.
(d) Gives the lawyer a cup of coffee.

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

3. What does Thompson say the two men have to wear to Las Vegas?
(a) Business suits.
(b) Loud, showy clothing.
(c) Clothing that looks like gang members might wear.
(d) Cowboy-like outfits.

4. Why was a pharmacy owner arrested, according to a newspaper Thompson reads while waiting for his car in Chapter 1, Chapter 9?
(a) For watering down prescriptions.
(b) For charging Medicare the wrong price.
(c) For having 100,000 pills missing.
(d) For private insurance fraud.

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

6. Why would the warden in Carson City recognize Thompson?
(a) He interviewed him for an article.
(b) He has spent some time in prison.
(c) They went to college together.
(d) The warden would not recognize Thompson.

7. How does Thompson think he might find out who won the Mint 400?
(a) Looking at the videos he took.
(b) Reading the L.A. Times.
(c) Getting the local Las Vegas paper.
(d) Calling his photographer.

8. How many vehicles leave when the race first begins in Part 1, Chapter 5?
(a) Twenty.
(b) Twenty-five.
(c) Ten.
(d) Fifteen.

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

10. 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) He does not ask Thompson to do anything, he is sleeping.
(c) Throw the radio in the tub.
(d) Talk to the man he has on the phone.

11. When are Thompson and the lawyer at the track at the beginning of Part 1, Chapter 5?
(a) At sunrise.
(b) At noon.
(c) In late afternoon.
(d) In the evening.

12. Why does Thompson leave the lawyer in the hotel room in Part 1, Chapter 7?
(a) So the lawyer can sleep off the drugs in his system.
(b) So Thompson can meet a woman from the bar.
(c) So Thompson can move the car to the hotel garage.
(d) So Thompson can clear up the misunderstanding with the photographer.

13. What is the bartender wearing at the bar outside Las Vegas where Thompson has stopped at the end of Part 1?
(a) Blue jeans and sweat shirt.
(b) A hippie dress.
(c) Shorts and halter top.
(d) A muu muu and overalls.

14. Where does Thompson get his credentials in Part 1?
(a) He carries them with him.
(b) At the hotel office.
(c) At the press table.
(d) At the local newspaper office.

15. Why does Thompson ask his lawyer to drive in Part 1, Chapter 1?
(a) Thompson wants to work on his computer.
(b) Thompson is having hallucinations.
(c) It is his lawyer's car.
(d) Thompson is sleepy.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Over what do Thompson and the lawyer get into an argument after the lawyer pulls the car over to the side of the road?

3. What kind of shirt does the man who talks about physically abusing his wife wear?

4. What does Thompson do while he is drinking at the end of Part 1, Chapter 5?

5. Who brings a pink telephone to Thompson in Part 1?

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