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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why is Thompson worried about his role in the narcotics conference?
(a) He believes drugs are good for everyone.
(b) He is wanted for armed robbery.
(c) He will not be a passive observer.
(d) He does not like crowds.

2. What does the waitress call the American Dream?
(a) The poor man's comfort.
(b) The Psychiatrist’s Club.
(c) Nothing.
(d) The Democracy Institute.

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

4. Why was the person in jail , according to the newspaper article Thompson read in the pharmacy parking lot?
(a) He was having a drug overdose.
(b) He was a draft dodger.
(c) He had been arrested for reckless driving.
(d) He had robbed a store.

5. What do Thompson and the attorney ask the Hotel Flamingo maid to do in Part II, Chapter 11?
(a) Go ahead and clean up their room.
(b) Become one of their operatives.
(c) Get the attorney some aspirin.
(d) Be an extra in the movie.

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 drive back to L.A.
(b) Nothing, he plans to be sleeping.
(c) He has to attend the seminar.
(d) He has to send in his report on the Mint 400.

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

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

9. In Part II, Chapter 7, what does Thompson think about the police officer in the seminar and drug users?
(a) The police hate all of them.
(b) The police there could never spot an actual user.
(c) The police are some of the worst users.
(d) The police can tell at a glance who uses drugs.

10. What does Thompson think about when he returns to the room at the Hotel Flamingo in Part II, Chapter 11?
(a) Going to a show that night.
(b) Lucy.
(c) Whether the attorney’s plane had landed in L.A. yet.
(d) The terrible condition of the room.

11. For what was Thompson’s friend in Part II, Chapter 10 jailed?
(a) Vacancy.
(b) Shoplifting.
(c) Drugs.
(d) Joyriding.

12. How does the attorney cause a ruckus in the seminar in Part II, Chapter 7?
(a) He leaves early and has to push his way through the chairs.
(b) He demands to talk on the stage.
(c) He pulls out his hunting knife.
(d) He accuses the police of being stupid.

13. What is the Hotel Falmingo maid’s reaction to the attorney in Part II, Chapter 11?
(a) She screams.
(b) Nothing.
(c) She turns red, embarrassed to see him in the bath.
(d) She asks him if he needs a doctor.

14. What does the cook say about the waitress’s thoughts on the American Dream?
(a) She is right.
(b) She has not lived long in the area and does not know the directions to anything.
(c) She does not understand English well.
(d) She is not correct as to where Thompson should go.

15. What is the attorney wearing in the beginning of Part II, Chapter 6?
(a) Jeans and a golf shirt.
(b) Wingtips and a sport coat.
(c) A suit.
(d) Shorts and a tank top.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is written instead of the manuscript, as explained in Part II, Chapter 9?

2. What does Thompson buy at the pharmacy at the beginning of Part II?

3. Where is the DA from that Thompson and the attorney talk to in the bar?

4. What does the Hotel Flamingo maid do when Thompson and the attorney are done with her in Part II, Chapter 11?

5. How does Thompson pay for his car in Part II?

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