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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 is the Hotel Falmingo maid’s reaction to the attorney in Part II, Chapter 11?
(a) She turns red, embarrassed to see him in the bath.
(b) She screams.
(c) Nothing.
(d) She asks him if he needs a doctor.

2. What does the waitress think the American Dream might be?
(a) A fable.
(b) A place.
(c) A type of political manipulation.
(d) A book.

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

4. Why is the person in line ahead of Thompson at the Hotel Flamingo arguing with the hotel desk clerk?
(a) They are not arguing.
(b) His reservation is late.
(c) He wants an extra bed for his daughter.
(d) He wanted a king sized bed.

5. What does Thompson buy at the pharmacy at the beginning of Part II?
(a) Alcohol and ether.
(b) Beer and antacids.
(c) Beer and wine.
(d) Aspirin and bread.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Thompson decide to do after talking with the Hotel Flamingo desk clerk in Part II, Chapter 4?

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

3. How many types of marijuana use does a speaker name at the convention in Part II, Chapter 6?

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

5. Why was the person in jail , according to the newspaper article Thompson read in the pharmacy parking lot?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

(see the answer keys)

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