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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What kind of vehicle is provided for the journalists in Part 1, Chapter 5?
(a) A land cruiser.
(b) Two motorcycles.
(c) A Ford Bronco.
(d) A minivan.

2. What happens to the clerk’s face at the first hotel when Thompson is talking to her in Part 1?
(a) She blushes.
(b) It turns into a moray eel.
(c) Nothing.
(d) Her face shows disgust at him.

3. What does the lawyer do when he begins to feel the effects of the mescaline in Part 1, Chapter 6?
(a) He throws up.
(b) He gets up on the stage.
(c) He panics.
(d) He passes out.

4. Who does Thompson mention when he talks about the long term effects of drug use?
(a) His brother-in-law.
(b) His brother.
(c) A doctor and former LSD guru.
(d) His lawyer.

5. Why does Thompson leave the lawyer in the hotel room in Part 1, Chapter 7?
(a) So the lawyer can sleep off the drugs in his system.
(b) So Thompson can clear up the misunderstanding with the photographer.
(c) So Thompson can move the car to the hotel garage.
(d) So Thompson can meet a woman from the bar.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Thompson see in the carpet at the first hotel bar in Las Vegas?

2. Where did Thompson live in the mid 1960’s?

3. When are Thompson and the lawyer at the track at the beginning of Part 1, Chapter 5?

4. How many years did Ali get sentenced to prison, according to a newspaper Thompson reads while waiting for his car in Chapter 1, Chapter 9?

5. What does Thompson do while he is drinking at the end of Part 1, Chapter 5?

Short Essay Questions

1. What seems to change Thompson’s plans to leave Las Vegas in Part I?

2. What happens to the attorney on the way to the racetrack in Part 1, and what does Thompson do about it?

3. What does Thompson realize after the attorney pulls a gun on him in Part I, Chapter 3?

4. What does Thompson do to see the race better, and what does he do when that fails?

5. What was the result of Thompson’s encounter with the person in his story about the effects of long-term drug use?

6. What happens when Thompson and the lawyer attempt to check into the first hotel they stay at in Las Vegas?

7. How does Thompson get started on his journey to Las Vegas?

8. What do Thompson and his attorney do right before they leave for Las Vegas?

9. What is the thought that finally spurs Thompson to leave Las Vegas in Part I, Chapter 11?

10. Where does Thompson and his lawyer go for a show after leaving the Mint 400, and what happens there? What do they do after that?

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