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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Thompson do while he is drinking at the end of Part 1, Chapter 5?
(a) Watch a baseball game on the bar television.
(b) Talk to his mom on the phone.
(c) Take notes on what he has seen.
(d) Try to pick-up a female reporter.

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

3. How does Thompson fend off the lawyer in their hotel room in Part 1, Chapter 7?
(a) With the desk chair.
(b) With a bed quilt.
(c) With his suitcase.
(d) With a can of mace.

4. What does Thompson briefly think to do when the hitchhiker talks about the car?
(a) Let him drive.
(b) Leave him walking.
(c) Nothing, the hitchhiker does not talk about the car.
(d) Give him the car.

5. What is the name of the bar in which Thompson is sitting on the outskirts of Las Vegas, in the beginning of Part 1, Chapter 11?
(a) Las Vegas Drinks.
(b) Wild Bill’s Café.
(c) Red Slot Pub.
(d) Mile’s Slots and Beer.

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

7. What did the person Thompson mentioned when talking about the long term effects of drug use do when Thompson asked him/her a question?
(a) He slaps Thompson in the face.
(b) He tells Thompson that one has to find their own answers.
(c) He hums to himself and does not notice Thompson.
(d) He lies to Thompson.

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

9. Why does the attorney run a red light in Part 1, Chapter 4?
(a) He does not see the light.
(b) He is being chased by a police officer.
(c) He has fallen into a drug coma.
(d) He wants to get to the restaurant before six.

10. How much money was the man who talked about abusing his wife given when he was taken to the bus stop?
(a) Ten dollars.
(b) Five dollars.
(c) Fifteen dollars.
(d) Twenty dollars.

11. What does the lawyer ask Thompson to do when Thompson returns to the hotel room in Part 1, Chapter 7?
(a) Throw the radio in the tub.
(b) He does not ask Thompson to do anything, he is sleeping.
(c) See if there are any drugs in the ruined pillows.
(d) Talk to the man he has on the phone.

12. What shirt is Thompson thinking about wearing for driving home in Part 1, Chapter 11?
(a) A hippie guru shirt.
(b) Red and purple Acapulco shirt.
(c) A black T-shirt with a motorcycle on it.
(d) His ma, pa and apple pie American shirt.

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

14. Why was Thompson almost arrested in Part 1?
(a) He did not pay for his drinks in the bar.
(b) He yells about reptiles in the hotel lobby.
(c) He hit the lawyer.
(d) He relieved himself in the hotel lobby's planter.

15. What is the lawyer doing when Thompson returns to the hotel room in Part 1, Chapter 7?
(a) Taking a bath.
(b) Talking on the phone.
(c) Sleeping.
(d) Stabbing the pillows with a letter opener.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where do the journalists go after the race begins?

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

3. Who does the hotel in Part 1, Chapter 10 think is paying Thompson’s hotel bill?

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

5. How does Thompson think he might find out who won the Mint 400?

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