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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 say they must get before they can leave for Las Vegas?
(a) A tape recorder, a gun, and some maps.
(b) A car and their astrology forecast for predicting their gambling.
(c) A car, cocaine and a tape recorder.
(d) Cocaine and luggage.

2. What kind of vehicle is provided for the journalists in Part 1, Chapter 5?
(a) Two motorcycles.
(b) A Ford Bronco.
(c) A minivan.
(d) A land cruiser.

3. What did Thompson decide to do after talking with the individual he gave as an example of long term drug use?
(a) Not ever speak to that person again.
(b) Stop smoking marijuana.
(c) Swear off all alcohol forever.
(d) Not use the drug that person used.

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

5. What magazine in Part 1, Chapter 10 says they want a 50,000 word article from Thompson?
(a) Time.
(b) Newsweek.
(c) Life.
(d) Rolling Stone.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What happens to the clerk’s face at the first hotel when Thompson is talking to her in Part 1?

3. What kind of shirt does the man who talks about physically abusing his wife wear?

4. What does Thompson briefly think to do when the hitchhiker talks about the car?

5. What does Thompson do to keep the hitchhiker from getting suspicious as to the men’s condition in Part 1?

Short Essay Questions

1. What bothers Thompson about the newspaper he is reading while waiting for his car to be brought to him in Part I, Chapter 9?

2. What does Thompson say he and his attorney must do to prepare for the trip to Las Vegas?

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

4. 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?

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

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

7. 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?

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

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

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

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