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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Pages 224-253.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Thompson claimed, in "Let the Cheap Dogs Eat," that the most successful dog fighters make up to how much money in a night?
(a) $10,000.
(b) $20,000.
(c) $15,000.
(d) $40,000.

2. Who did Thompson make a bet with, in "Midnight in the Desert?"
(a) John Parker.
(b) Skinner.
(c) Jack Parker.
(d) Ralph Welch.

3. Who was being sworn in as Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, in "Strictly Business?"
(a) Ed Meese.
(b) William Rehnquist.
(c) William Everett.
(d) Andrew Sweitzer.

4. What new Dallas Cowboys' quarterback did Thompson bet on, in "Midnight in the Desert?"
(a) Andrew Walker.
(b) Herschel Walker.
(c) Norman Waler.
(d) Jason Anderson.

5. Thompson argues that for years the Chinese government had tried to eliminate what but failed, in "Down to a Sunless Sea?"
(a) Opium.
(b) Heroin.
(c) Morphine.
(d) Marijuana.

Short Answer Questions

1. What Haitian dictator had fallen, in "Kill Them Before They Eat?"

2. Who celebrated wildly after the Gary Hart scandal, according to Thompson, in "A Wild and Crazy Guy?"

3. Who was likely to go on trial, in "The American Dream?"

4. What porn actress was revealed to have been underage while making her first films, in "Sex, Drugs and Rock and Roll?"

5. Thompson criticized Reagan's what, in "Welcome to the Tunnel?"

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