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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. Who does Thompson encounter at the Hotel Flamingo?
(a) The parking lot attendant who banged up the Red Shark.
(b) A crowd of police officers.
(c) His ex-wife.
(d) The bellhop from Circus-Circus.

2. What is written instead of the manuscript, as explained in Part II, Chapter 9?
(a) A dialogue on drugs and the brain.
(b) Verbatim transcription of tape recordings.
(c) Copies of newspaper articles.
(d) Poetry.

3. What is Thompson wearing at the beginning of Part II, Chapter 6?
(a) Torn blue jeans and a flannel shirt.
(b) Shorts and a Hawaiian shirt.
(c) Wingtips and sport coat.
(d) A Neru shirt and black pants.

4. What bothers Thompson about the obese husband and wife at the conference in Part II?
(a) They are making out in public.
(b) They are addicted to food.
(c) They are drug users.
(d) They are not law officers.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Over what do Thompson and the attorney haggle with the waitress in Part II, Chapter 9?

2. What does Thompson suggest to the attorney they do with the girl the attorney brought with him to the Hotel Flamingo?

3. Why is Thompson drinking Bloody Marys at the beginning of Part II?

4. What is the Hotel Falmingo maid’s reaction to the attorney in Part II, Chapter 11?

5. Who is giving a speech on the television in Part II, Chapter 5?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

7. What does the waitress at the taco stand in Part II, Chapter 9 believe when Thompson and the attorney tell her they are looking for the American Dream, and what does the cook say to them?

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

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

10. How does Thompson handle the situation with the Hotel Flamingo desk clerk in Part II, Chapter 4?

(see the answer keys)

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