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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Pages 254-283.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who first went to look at the motorcycle for sale, in "Last Dance in Dumb Town?"
(a) Crazy Bob.
(b) Cliff.
(c) Cromwell.
(d) Skinner.

2. In "Caligula and the 7 Dwarfs," Thompson compared the implosion of Gary Hart's political career to what?
(a) A cesspool.
(b) "Casey at the Bat."
(c) A rainbow.
(d) A genie's lamp.

3. What made Thompson particularly angry with the school system, in "Expelled from the System?"
(a) No Child Left Behind.
(b) Advancement tests.
(c) Urine tests.
(d) Teen pregnancy.

4. Senator Warren Rudman was a senator from where?
(a) Maine.
(b) New Hampshire.
(c) Nebraska.
(d) Minnesota.

5. What did Thompson's friend ask him to do, in "Slow Day at the Airport?"
(a) Arrest someone.
(b) Fly the plane.
(c) Hold a bag.
(d) Kill someone.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who found Thompson, in "Trapped in Harding Park?"

2. What did Thompson refer to as an evil but inescapable business in "Full-time Scrambling?"

3. Thompson believed that who had a lesser chance of winning the election because he encouraged the Saudi Arabian government to raise oil prices?

4. Thompson claimed, in "Let the Cheap Dogs Eat," that the most successful dog fighters make up to how much money in a night?

5. Who did Thompson hope would send him to South Africa in "The Worst People in the World?"

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