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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. How does Thompson pay for his car in Part II?
(a) With cash.
(b) With a bad credit card.
(c) With a voucher from his employer.
(d) With a good credit card.

3. Why is Thompson drinking Bloody Marys at the beginning of Part II?
(a) He thinks they may have some nutritional value.
(b) It is his favorite drink.
(c) They are on a buy one get one free special.
(d) It is all they serve where he is drinking.

4. What does the waitress think the American Dream might be?
(a) A book.
(b) A type of political manipulation.
(c) A fable.
(d) A place.

5. 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) Whether the attorney’s plane had landed in L.A. yet.
(c) The terrible condition of the room.
(d) Lucy.

6. What does the attorney tell Thompson could happen if Thompson struggles against the effects of the drug in Part II, Chapter 5?
(a) The drugs wear off slower.
(b) The drugs wear off faster.
(c) Brain damage.
(d) A bad trip.

7. 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.

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

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

10. What does Thompson realize about the people at the convention in Part II, Chapter 6?
(a) Most of them are there because it is a job requirement.
(b) No one is concerned with any one else’s field.
(c) Many of them are stoned.
(d) The people are smart.

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

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

13. What is the last thing Thompson and the attorney tell the DA they meet in a bar?
(a) To get out of law enforcement.
(b) To look for the signs in empty buildings.
(c) To do a sweep of his hometown.
(d) Not to tell anyone what they told him.

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

15. 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) Get the attorney some aspirin.
(c) Become one of their operatives.
(d) Be an extra in the movie.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Thompson do about the Hotel Flamingo maid in Part II, Chapter 11?

3. What do Thompson and the attorney find out when they return to their suite after dealing with the girl the attorney brought to the Hotel Flamingo?

4. Where does Thompson abandon the Red Shark?

5. What does Thompson decide to do after talking with the Hotel Flamingo desk clerk in Part II, Chapter 4?

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