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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many days did the dynamite-laden vehicle sit in Thompson's yard before a neighbor blew it up, in "Orgy of the Dead?"
(a) 3 days.
(b) 2 days.
(c) 1 week.
(d) 4 days.

2. In "Dance of the Seven Dwarfs," the seven dwarfs refered to the seven what?
(a) Republican presidential candidates.
(b) Democratic presidential candidates.
(c) Congress candidates.
(d) Senate candidates.

3. Who did Thompson believe clearly won the Democratic presidential nomination debate?
(a) Michael Dukakis.
(b) Paul Simon.
(c) Joe Biden.
(d) Art Garfunkel.

4. In "The Time Has Come," Thompson discussed a poll that said the majority of voters would vote for who in November?
(a) Gary Hart.
(b) Jesse Jackson.
(c) Michael Dukakis.
(d) George Bush.

5. What happened to Reagan's veto on sanctions in South Africa, in "Loose Cannon on the Deck?"
(a) It is enacted.
(b) It is rejected.
(c) It is dead in the water.
(d) It is overruled.

6. In "Fat Men on Horseback," Thompson concluded that the main difference between Iran-Contra and Watergate was that Iran-Contra was what?
(a) Far more dangerous.
(b) Far more evil.
(c) Far less evil.
(d) Far more complex.

7. In "The Scum of the Earth," Thompson detailed a feud between Jerry Falwell, Jim Bakker, Pat Robertson and who?
(a) James Williams.
(b) Jesse Jackson.
(c) Oral Roberts,
(d) Kieth Baker.

8. Who did Thompson make a phone call to, in "The Death Ship?"
(a) James Skawinski.
(b) Andrew Jackson.
(c) Alexander Williams.
(d) Lowell Harrelson.

9. Who saw the scandals as a witch hunt against Ronald Reagan, in "God Bless Colonel North?"
(a) Ed Meese.
(b) Patrick Buchanan.
(c) Geoge Bush.
(d) Nancy Reagan.

10. Whose presidential campaign was caught up in a fund-raising scandal, in "The Loved Ones?"
(a) Alexander Haig.
(b) George Bush.
(c) Gary Hart.
(d) Joe Biden.

11. Thompson wrote that no press secretary had truly been good since either Pierre Salinger under Kennedy or who at the beginning of Reagan's first term?
(a) Marlin Fitzwater.
(b) Jim Brady.
(c) Robert McFarlane.
(d) Ed Meese.

12. Who did a leak say was not really in the hospital, in "The Gizzard of Darkness?"
(a) William Casey.
(b) William Johnson.
(c) Andrew Casey.
(d) Ed Meese.

13. Who was forced to relocate PLO headquarters from Tunis, in "Let the Good Times Roll?"
(a) Eugene Hasenfus.
(b) Vladimir Putin.
(c) Gorbachev.
(d) Yassir Arafat.

14. Who did Thompson write was frequently quoting Bible verses, in "The Lake of Fire?"
(a) George Bush.
(b) Ronald Reagan.
(c) Patrick Buchanan.
(d) Oliver North.

15. What did Thompson kill, in "A Death in the Family?"
(a) A chicken.
(b) A deer.
(c) A fox.
(d) A goose.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was Ronald Reagan meeting with in "Loose Cannon on the Deck?"

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

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

4. In "Cowboys at Sea," Thompson related the testimony in court to an attack of an oil tanker where?

5. In "The Worm Turns," Thompson wrote that the Reagan Administration looked weak because of the cancellation of a summit with who?

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