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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. Why does Thompson begin driving faster after the lawyer pulls out a gun in Part 1?
(a) The lawyer said he is going to shoot Thompson.
(b) Thompson is hoping to scare his lawyer.
(c) Thompson wants to see how fast the car can go.
(d) Thompson wants to arrive at the hotel before he is too messed up to drive.

2. When are Thompson and the lawyer at the track at the beginning of Part 1, Chapter 5?
(a) At sunrise.
(b) At noon.
(c) In the evening.
(d) In late afternoon.

3. How did Diane Hamby, whose body is stuffed in a refrigerator, die, according to a newspaper Thompson reads while waiting for his car in Chapter 1, Chapter 9?
(a) She took an overdose of pills and climbed in the refrigerator.
(b) The cause of death is unknown.
(c) She was murdered.
(d) An overdose of heroin.

4. What does Thompson say the two men have to wear to Las Vegas?
(a) Business suits.
(b) Clothing that looks like gang members might wear.
(c) Cowboy-like outfits.
(d) Loud, showy clothing.

5. How does Thompson think he might find out who won the Mint 400?
(a) Getting the local Las Vegas paper.
(b) Looking at the videos he took.
(c) Reading the L.A. Times.
(d) Calling his photographer.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the correspondent from Life magazine doing in Part 1, Chapter 5 that bothers Thompson?

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

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?

4. How much is Thompson given for his trip to Las Vegas?

5. Who brings a pink telephone to Thompson in Part 1?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

9. What does Thompson notice about other journalists at the Mint 400, and how does he feel about what he sees?

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

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