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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Pages 284-313.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In "The Other George Bush," Skinner asserted that George Bush is smarter than whom?
(a) Andrew Walker.
(b) Thomas Jefferson.
(c) Eisenhower.
(d) Einstein.

2. Where was Thompson trying to go in "Last Train from Chicago?"
(a) Montreal.
(b) California.
(c) Florida.
(d) New York.

3. Who was the "plunderer" in "Salvage is Not Looting?"
(a) Elgin.
(b) Crazy Bob.
(c) Brady.
(d) Crazy Mean Brian.

4. Who was Richard Nixon's attorney during the Watergate scandal?
(a) Michael Enderson.
(b) Herbert Kalmbach.
(c) John Erlichman.
(d) Edward Walton.

5. Who was trying to interview Thompson in "Bad Nerves in Fat City" when the interview was disrupted by an angry woman pounding on the hotel room door?
(a) Dan Hinkle.
(b) Wolf Blitzer.
(c) Dan Roberts.
(d) Dan Rather.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who did Thompson believe would likely go to prison in Fort Leavenworth, in "The Lord and a Good Lawyer?"

2. In "Deported to Malaysia," Thompson received a call from his attorney, who was attempting to save a ____ man from killing himself at a bar near the golf course.

3. Thompson argues that for years the Chinese government had tried to eliminate what but failed, in "Down to a Sunless Sea?"

4. The man who sat next to Thompson on the plane in "Strictly Business" worked for what?

5. Who was being sworn in as Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, in "Strictly Business?"

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