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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 story do Thompson and the attorney tell the Hotel Flamingo maid in Part II, Chapter 11?
(a) Thompson is a doctor.
(b) They are part of an advanced Hollywood crew.
(c) They are undercover narcotic agents.
(d) The attorney had too much to drink.

2. What does the short cook in Part II, Chapter 9 give Thompson?
(a) Directions.
(b) An extra drink.
(c) Nothing.
(d) Free food.

3. What does Thompson tell people as to why Thompson is leaving the seminar in Part II, Chapter 7?
(a) He has a call from his mother.
(b) He is sick.
(c) He has an appointment with the local police.
(d) He says the speakers are inane.

4. Why does the Hotel Flamingo desk clerk decide to leave Thompson alone in Part II, Chapter 4?
(a) He is frightened by the attorney.
(b) He is called away on a another task.
(c) He does not care what Thompson does.
(d) He thinks Thompson is a police officer.

5. What was the attorney doing when a maid enters their room in the Hotel Flamingo in Part II, Chapter 11?
(a) Threatening Thompson with a knife.
(b) Vomiting in his shoes.
(c) Bathing.
(d) Sleeping.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the attorney tell Lucy when he calls her in Part II, Chapter 5?

2. What car does Thompson chose at the rental booth in Part II?

3. What does the attorney do to the Hotel Flamingo maid in Part II, Chapter 11?

4. How does the DA in the bar act when Thompson and the attorney give specifics of crimes?

5. How long is the opening session of the seminar in Part II, Chapter 7?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Bruce Innes call Thompson, and what does Thompson do after he talks to Bruce? What is the outcome of the situation?

2. How does the attorney keep Thompson from leaving Las Vegas in Part II, Chapter 5?

3. How is Thompson doing several hours after taking the attorney’s advise in Part II, Chapter 5, and what must Thompson do at noon the next day?

4. What happens when Thompson is at the car rental booth in Part II?

5. What happened to a friend of Thompson’s in Las Vegas, as described in Part II, Chapter 10?

6. What does Thompson do with the Red Shark in the beginning of Part II, and what does he do right after that?

7. What changes in the narration in Part II, Chapter 9?

8. How does Thompson feel when he returns to their destroyed suite at the Hotel Flamingo in Part II, Chapter 11?

9. In Part II, Chapter 8, what happens when Thompson is driving the White Whale around Las Vegas with the attorney?

10. What happened in Aspen when Bruce was singing there one time?

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