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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is giving a speech on the television in Part II, Chapter 5?
(a) John Lennon.
(b) Richard Nixon.
(c) Robert McNamara.
(d) Carl Albert.

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

3. What does the attorney order when he and Thompson stop at a diner in Part II, Chapter 8?
(a) A chocolate milkshake.
(b) Coffee.
(c) Two hamburgers.
(d) French fries.

4. What bothers Thompson most about the people attending the narcotics conference?
(a) Their beliefs are completely opposite his.
(b) They do not like homosexuals.
(c) They are all white.
(d) They are all men.

5. Why does the Hotel Flamingo desk clerk decide to leave Thompson alone in Part II, Chapter 4?
(a) He is frightened by the attorney.
(b) He is called away on a another task.
(c) He does not care what Thompson does.
(d) He thinks Thompson is a police officer.

6. What crime do Thompson and the attorney tell the DA they speak to in the bar is sweeping the country?
(a) Crack labs.
(b) Drug farms.
(c) Slavery.
(d) Witchcraft.

7. How does the DA in the bar act when Thompson and the attorney give specifics of crimes?
(a) Unbelieving.
(b) Gung-ho to kill the criminals.
(c) Contemplative.
(d) Alarmed.

8. Why does the waitress in Part II, Chapter 8 become afraid of the attorney?
(a) He pulls out a knife.
(b) He shoves her against the wall.
(c) He pulls a gun on her.
(d) He begins verbally abusing her

9. What does Thompson call Timothy Leary?
(a) A misguided sage.
(b) A genious.
(c) A fool.
(d) A fake.

10. Where does Thompson abandon the Red Shark?
(a) At the bus station.
(b) In the pharmacy parking lot.
(c) At the Highway Patrol Headquarters.
(d) In the rental car lot at the airport.

11. Why does the waitress in Part II, Chapter 8 tell Thompson and the attorney to leave the diner?
(a) Thompson has passed out on the table top.
(b) They will not pay for their food.
(c) The attorney writes her a note on napkin.
(d) They are snorting coke on the table.

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

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

14. Why is the person in line ahead of Thompson at the Hotel Flamingo arguing with the hotel desk clerk?
(a) His reservation is late.
(b) He wanted a king sized bed.
(c) He wants an extra bed for his daughter.
(d) They are not arguing.

15. What does the attorney tell Lucy when he calls her in Part II, Chapter 5?
(a) He has more information for her.
(b) He will see her that night.
(c) He has been called home on business.
(d) He has had a violent fight with Thompson and the police are following him.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is Thompson worried about his role in the narcotics conference?

2. What does the attorney advise Thompson to do in Part II, Chapter 5?

3. How much money do the two drug dealers in jail in Part II, Chapter 10 have between them?

4. What does the waitress think the American Dream might be?

5. What does the attorney tell Thompson could happen if Thompson struggles against the effects of the drug in Part II, Chapter 5?

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