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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 did the person Thompson read about in the newspaper in the pharmacy parking lotdo while in jail?
(a) Killed a deputy Sheriff.
(b) Clawed out his eyes.
(c) Decided to go straight.
(d) Strangled his cellmate.

2. What does the attorney order when he and Thompson stop at a diner in Part II, Chapter 8?
(a) Coffee.
(b) A chocolate milkshake.
(c) French fries.
(d) Two hamburgers.

3. Why does the waitress in Part II, Chapter 8 become afraid of the attorney?
(a) He begins verbally abusing her
(b) He shoves her against the wall.
(c) He pulls out a knife.
(d) He pulls a gun on her.

4. In what condition does Thompson find his attorney when Thompson arrives at their room in the Hotel Falmaingo?
(a) Asleep.
(b) Depressed and tearful.
(c) Sober and alert.
(d) Completely wasted.

5. To where do Thompson and the attorney ask for directions in Part II, Chapter 9?
(a) Boulder City.
(b) The airport.
(c) Lake Tahoe.
(d) The Pacific Ocean.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did the young man do with the astronaut’s autograph?

2. Where does Thompson abandon the Red Shark?

3. What does Thompson tell people as to why Thompson is leaving the seminar in Part II, Chapter 7?

4. For what was Thompson’s friend in Part II, Chapter 10 jailed?

5. Why does the attorney give drugs to the girl with him in the Hotel Flamingo room?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens between Thompson and the attorney and the waitress at the diner in Part II, Chapter 8?

2. How long is the first session of the convention in Part II, Chapter 7, and how does Thompson feel about being there?

3. What do Thompson and the attorney tell the DA from Georgia and what is the DA’s reaction to it?

4. What does Thompson and the attorney do with the girl in the hotel room in Part II, Chapter 3?

5. Why does the Hotel Flamingo desk clerk accost Thompson and the attorney when they return to the hotel in Part II, Chapter 4?

6. How does Thompson’s young friend get out of his trouble, as described in Part II, Chapter 10?

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

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

9. What does Thompson read in the pharmacy parking lot?

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

(see the answer keys)

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