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

2. Why does Thompson feel on edge around the seminar people in Part II, Chapter 7?
(a) He cannot find anyone to write about.
(b) He has an aversion to them.
(c) He wants them to like him.
(d) He is afraid they will see him for a user.

3. Who is giving a speech on the television in Part II, Chapter 5?
(a) John Lennon.
(b) Richard Nixon.
(c) Robert McNamara.
(d) Carl Albert.

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

5. By what name does the narrator go?
(a) Dr. Who.
(b) Dr. Uranus.
(c) Dr. Leary.
(d) Dr. Duke.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the attorney tell Thompson could happen if Thompson struggles against the effects of the drug in Part II, Chapter 5?

2. Why does Thompson stop at the gas station with the White Whale in Part II, Chapter 8?

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

4. Where did the story about anti-American songs and an astronaut take place?

5. What is the attorney wearing in the beginning of Part II, Chapter 6?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens with the Hotel Flamingo maid in Part II, Chapter 11 when she comes into the suite when Thompson and the attorney are there?

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

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

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

5. Why does Thompson stop east of Baker and what does he get at a pharmacy?

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

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 happened in Aspen when Bruce was singing there one time?

9. Where does Thompson and the attorney sit at the first day of the convention and what are they each wearing?

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

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