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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who does Thompson encounter at the Hotel Flamingo?
(a) The parking lot attendant who banged up the Red Shark.
(b) His ex-wife.
(c) A crowd of police officers.
(d) The bellhop from Circus-Circus.

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

3. By the middle of Part II, Chapter 5, how long has Thompson been without sleep?
(a) 24 hours.
(b) 80 hours.
(c) 36 hours.
(d) 55 hours.

4. What does the attorney advise Thompson to do in Part II, Chapter 5?
(a) Take a hit of adrenochrome.
(b) Take a hit of LSD.
(c) Smoke some marijuana.
(d) Swallow two mescalines.

5. Why does the attorney give drugs to the girl with him in the Hotel Flamingo room?
(a) She is feeling down.
(b) He is taking sexual advantage of her.
(c) He has not given her any drugs.
(d) She likes to use drugs.

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

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

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

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

10. Who calls Thompson while he is still in the Hotel Flamingo room in Part II, Chapter 12?
(a) The attorney.
(b) Lucy.
(c) The maid.
(d) Bruce Innes.

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

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

13. How does the attorney feel about Thompson’s decision in Part II, Chapter 5?
(a) He agrees with it.
(b) He is reluctant, but agrees to attend the seminar with Thompson.
(c) He does not want Thompson to do it.
(d) He is indifferent to it.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What do Thompson and the attorney ask the Hotel Flamingo maid to do in Part II, Chapter 11?

2. What kind of art does the girl with the attorney in the Hotel Flamingo room do?

3. What was the attorney doing when a maid enters their room in the Hotel Flamingo in Part II, Chapter 11?

4. What does Thompson tell people as to why Thompson is leaving the seminar in Part II, Chapter 7?

5. What bothers Thompson most about the people attending the narcotics conference?

(see the answer keys)

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