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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 does the police officer in Part 1, Chapter 12 tell Thompson to do?
(a) Keep his hands on the steering wheel.
(b) Put his hands on the hood of the car.
(c) Get out of the vehicle.
(d) Pull into the next rest area and take a nap.

2. What do Thompson and the lawyer do right before they leave for Las Vegas?
(a) Stop by the lawyer’s house and leave a note for his wife.
(b) Swim in the ocean and have breakfast.
(c) Swim in the ocean and go see Thompson's mother.
(d) Go see a movie and sleep.

3. How does Thompson fend off the lawyer in their hotel room in Part 1, Chapter 7?
(a) With his suitcase.
(b) With the desk chair.
(c) With a bed quilt.
(d) With a can of mace.

4. In Part 1, Chapter 7, what does the lawyer pull out in the elevator?
(a) A Magnum .357.
(b) A pen knife.
(c) A switchblade.
(d) A razor sharp hunting knife.

5. What is the bartender wearing at the bar outside Las Vegas where Thompson has stopped at the end of Part 1?
(a) Shorts and halter top.
(b) A muu muu and overalls.
(c) A hippie dress.
(d) Blue jeans and sweat shirt.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Over what do Thompson and the lawyer get into an argument after the lawyer pulls the car over to the side of the road?

3. 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?

4. Where did Thompson have his first hits of LSD?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. Where does Thompson stop in Baker, California, and how is he feeling while he is there?

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

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

4. How is Thompson trying to leave Las Vegas at the beginning of Part I, Chapter 11?

5. What does Thompson describe about his run in with a Highway Patrol Officer?

6. 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?

7. What is waiting for Thompson at Hotel Flamingo in Part I, Chapter 10, and what does Thompson decide to do about the telegram he receives?

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

9. What does Thompson decide to do when the attorney goes into a panic in the Circus-Circus?

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

(see the answer keys)

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