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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Pages 162-194.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What major news network tried to interview Thompson but was turned away in "Bad Nerves in Fat City?"
(a) ABC News.
(b) FOX News.
(c) CBS News.
(d) NBC News.

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

3. Which team was playing the Boston Celtics in "Four More Games?"
(a) New Jersey Nets.
(b) Dallas Cowboys.
(c) Houston Rockets.
(d) Seattle Mariners.

4. Who called Thompson, in "White Trash with Money?"
(a) Skinner.
(b) Jack Parker.
(c) Smithers.
(d) Ralph Wixom.

5. Who came to visit Thompson in "They All Drowned?"
(a) Ralph Steadman.
(b) Skinner.
(c) Frank Mankiewicz.
(d) Marie.

Short Answer 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?

2. Where did Ted Kennedy drive off a bridge?

3. What National Hurricane Center director did Thompson attack in "Revenge of the Fish Heads?"

4. Who was the only person Thompson saw who could have benefited from the Iran-Contra scandal?

5. Where did Thompson wish the Filipino president would be sent, in "Memo from the War Room?"

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