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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 Thompson have that helps his memories of the Saturday night before the race?
(a) Cryptic notecards.
(b) A recording of everyone to whom he spoke.
(c) A video of all the important events.
(d) The fact that his lawyer was with him the whole night.

2. Why was Thompson almost arrested in Part 1?
(a) He yells about reptiles in the hotel lobby.
(b) He relieved himself in the hotel lobby's planter.
(c) He did not pay for his drinks in the bar.
(d) He hit the lawyer.

3. What is the name of the bar in which Thompson is sitting on the outskirts of Las Vegas, in the beginning of Part 1, Chapter 11?
(a) Wild Bill’s Café.
(b) Red Slot Pub.
(c) Las Vegas Drinks.
(d) Mile’s Slots and Beer.

4. Where were Thompson and the lawyer when Thompson’s employer calls them in Part 1, Chapter 1?
(a) In the Polo lounge.
(b) At Thompson’s house.
(c) At the lawyer’s office.
(d) At the golf course.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the lawyer do when Thompson does not do what the lawyer has asked upon returning to the hotel room in Part 1, Chapter 7?

2. Under what name is Thompson going in the hotel in Part 1, Chapter 10?

3. On what is Thompson and the lawyer getting high before they leave for Las Vegas?

4. Who does Thompson say he sees in Baker?

5. What kind of race is the Mint 400?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Thompson do after the attorney threatens people in the elevator in Part I, Chapter 7, and why does the attorney feel so badly?

2. Why does Thompson decide to leave Las Vegas in Part I, Chapter 9?

3. Why is Hunter Thompson going to Las Vegas at the beginning of the book?

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

5. What story does Thompson tell readers about the effects of long term drug use?

6. What does the attorney think when he and Thompson find the photographer’s key waiting for them?

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

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

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

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

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