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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How is the girl with the attorney feeling when Thompson comes into their room at the Hotel Flamingo?
(a) Depressed.
(b) Nervous and tense.
(c) Tired.
(d) Terrified.

2. What did the person Thompson read about in the newspaper in the pharmacy parking lotdo while in jail?
(a) Decided to go straight.
(b) Clawed out his eyes.
(c) Killed a deputy Sheriff.
(d) Strangled his cellmate.

3. At what kind of food place does Thompson and the attorney stop in Part II, Chapter 9?
(a) A hamburger joint.
(b) A Texan barbecue.
(c) A taco stand.
(d) A Dairy Queen.

4. About what does the person who called Thompson in his Hotel Flamingo room in Part II, Chapter 12 have information?
(a) An ape.
(b) The new flight schedule from Las Vegas to L.A
(c) A couple of drug dealers down the hall.
(d) A new drug dealer on the street.

5. Why does Thompson feel on edge around the seminar people in Part II, Chapter 7?
(a) He has an aversion to them.
(b) He wants them to like him.
(c) He cannot find anyone to write about.
(d) He is afraid they will see him for a user.

6. What does Thompson have to do at noon the next day after he takes the drugs in Part II, Chapter 5?
(a) He has to send in his report on the Mint 400.
(b) He has to attend the seminar.
(c) He has to drive back to L.A.
(d) Nothing, he plans to be sleeping.

7. Why does Thompson stop at the gas station with the White Whale in Part II, Chapter 8?
(a) To put air in the tires.
(b) To get some munchies.
(c) To get gas.
(d) To follow a car with yelling hippies in it.

8. For what do Thompson and the attorney tell the waitress in Part II, Chapter 9 they are looking?
(a) The Land of Oz.
(b) An honest man.
(c) The American Dream.
(d) Better drugs.

9. Over what do Thompson and the attorney haggle with the waitress in Part II, Chapter 9?
(a) The menu.
(b) The décor.
(c) The special.
(d) The prices.

10. How is Thompson treated when he steps around the argument in the lobby and jumps ahead at the Hotel Flamingo?
(a) He is treated like a VIP.
(b) He is sent out of the hotel.
(c) He is arrested.
(d) He is ignored.

11. Who, in Part II, Chapter 9, claims the manuscript has become indecipherable?
(a) The publisher.
(b) The editor.
(c) The literary critic.
(d) The attorney.

12. Why is the girl with the attorney at the Hotel Flamingo not at home?
(a) She is on vacation.
(b) She is an adult.
(c) She works at the hotel.
(d) She is a run away.

13. What does the Hotel Flamingo maid do when Thompson and the attorney are done with her in Part II, Chapter 11?
(a) Asks Thompson is he is single.
(b) Cleans up the room.
(c) Promises to keep their secrets.
(d) Goes to get some aspirin.

14. To where do Thompson and the attorney ask for directions in Part II, Chapter 9?
(a) The Pacific Ocean.
(b) Boulder City.
(c) The airport.
(d) Lake Tahoe.

15. What is written instead of the manuscript, as explained in Part II, Chapter 9?
(a) A dialogue on drugs and the brain.
(b) Verbatim transcription of tape recordings.
(c) Poetry.
(d) Copies of newspaper articles.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the attorney wearing in the beginning of Part II, Chapter 6?

2. In the beginning of Part II, what does Thompson fantasize doing with his attorney’s gun?

3. Where does Thompson abandon the Red Shark?

4. What does Thompson suggest to the attorney they do with the girl the attorney brought with him to the Hotel Flamingo?

5. What is the effect of the drug Thompson takes in Part II, Chapter 5?

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