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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Michael Dukakis was the governor of what state during the 1988 elections?
(a) New Hampshire.
(b) Arizona.
(c) New Mexico.
(d) Massachusetts.

2. Thompson wrote that if Oliver North wanted to avoid prison, he would have to indict who in "Ollie's Choice?"
(a) Meese or Bush.
(b) Meese or Anders.
(c) Bush or Reagan.
(d) Reagan or Meese.

3. 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.

4. Who was Nixon's Chief of Domestic Affairs?
(a) Alexander Haig.
(b) John Erlichman.
(c) Ed Meese.
(d) Edward Walton.

5. What did Thompson compare the Iran-Contra scandal to, in "Gone with the Wind?"
(a) Carson Sink.
(b) Chernobyl.
(c) Donhay Disaster.
(d) Clanson Sink.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who did Thompson make a phone call to, in "The Death Ship?"

3. Where did Thompson have lunch, in "It Was You, Charlie?"

4. What Democratic Senator on the Senate Judiciary Committee was a presidential nominee?

5. Who did a leak say was not really in the hospital, in "The Gizzard of Darkness?"

Short Essay Questions

1. Why did Thompson speak with Lowell Harrelson and when?

2. Where was the Iran-Contra scandal introduced in the book? What did Thompson write initially of his predictions?

3. Who were the people Thompson cited, in "Swine of the Week"?

4. Whose testimony did Thompson describe, in "Blame it on Dead Bill"? What happened?

5. What did Thompson contend about the role of money in politics?

6. What did Thompson compare the Iran-Contra scandal to, in "Gone with the Wind"?

7. What did Thompson detail, in "Back to the Ormsby House"?

8. What is the subject of the article, "The Loved Ones"?

9. What is the subject of "The Weak in the Weird"?

10. Who did Thompson suggest would make a comeback in "Wooing the Degenerate Vote"? How?

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