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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. Of what nationality is the lawyer?
(a) Mexican.
(b) French.
(c) German.
(d) Samoan.

2. To what song playing on the jukebox does Thompson have a bad reaction?
(a) “Bye, Bye, Miss American Pie.”
(b) “Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds.”
(c) “Hey Jude.”
(d) “Bridge Over Troubled Waters.”

3. Why is the lawyer upset at the photographer sent for Thompson?
(a) The lawyer thinks the photographer took a woman from the lawyer.
(b) The photographer made a remark about the lawyer’s brains.
(c) He does not like to have his picture taken.
(d) The lawyer does not want to have to follow the photographer and Thompson around.

4. Why does Thompson get a telegram in Part 1, Chapter 10?
(a) His mother is in the hospital.
(b) He has another writing assignment in Las Vegas.
(c) His brother has been killed in Viet Nam.
(d) His son has been arrested.

5. What color is the vehicle that Thompson and his lawyer are driving to Las Vegas?
(a) Green.
(b) Black.
(c) Silver.
(d) Red.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does the attorney pull the car off the road in Part 1, Chapter 3?

2. What kind of vehicle is provided for the journalists in Part 1, Chapter 5?

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

4. Why does Thompson decide to leave Las Vegas in Part 1, Chapter 9?

5. 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?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does the man in the Harley-Davidson shirt get to the Mint 400 race?

2. 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?

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

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

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

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

7. 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?

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

9. 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?

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

(see the answer keys)

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