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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. How many vehicles leave when the race first begins in Part 1, Chapter 5?
(a) Twenty.
(b) Fifteen.
(c) Twenty-five.
(d) Ten.

2. Where does Thompson leave his attorney at near the end of Part 1, Chapter 4?
(a) The hotel lobby.
(b) In their hotel room.
(c) In a public restroom.
(d) In the car.

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

4. Why was Muhammad Ali sentenced, according to a newspaper Thompson reads while waiting for his car in Chapter 1, Chapter 9?
(a) For refusing to obey the draft.
(b) For beating his wife.
(c) For hitting a man on the street.
(d) For cheating in the ring.

5. Why does the attorney run a red light in Part 1, Chapter 4?
(a) He has fallen into a drug coma.
(b) He does not see the light.
(c) He wants to get to the restaurant before six.
(d) He is being chased by a police officer.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Thompson get a telegram in Part 1, Chapter 10?

2. What is on the news at the first hotel that disturbs the attorney?

3. What does Thompson do while he is waiting for his car to be brought to him in Part 1, Chapter 9?

4. What does Thompson tell his lawyer they must do before dark in Part 1, Chapter 4?

5. What kind of car are Thompson and his lawyer driving to Las Vegas?

Short Essay Questions

1. What worries Thompson about his and his attorney’s behavior in front of the hitchhiker, and what does Thompson decide to do about it?

2. Why is Thompson feeling so overwhelmed at the thought of leaving Las Vegas in Part I, Chapter 11?

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

4. Where is Thompson’s lawyer when Thompson decides to leave Las Vegas in Part I, Chapter 9, and what does the lawyer leave with Thompson?

5. What does Thompson’s lawyer ask him to do when Thompson finds him in the bathtub? What is the result of that request?

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

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

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

9. 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?

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

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