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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Companies hiring workers would avoid selecting people who ____________ like Hell's Angels.

2. Most Hell's Angels in the mid 1960s did not care about their ___________.

3. What does Kierkegaard have to say about the press in his quote at the beginning of the chapter? "The daily press is the __________ of the modern world."

4. What holiday is being celebrated when the Hell's Angels are riding around California in the beginning of the book?

5. Where did the girls and their boyfriends go with the Hell's Angels?

Short Essay Questions

1. What made the Hell's Angels different from other gangs in their area of the state of California?

2. What did the jailer from San Francisco have to say about the Hell's Angels?

3. What were some of the problems related to the rape investigation related to Labor Day weekend 1964?

4. In late June, what made front page news all over the nation, according to Thompson's research?

5. What were some of the achievements of Frank, one of the Hell's Angels that Thompson meets?

6. Why was Thompson eventually evicted from his apartment during the time he lived in California?

7. What were some of the examples of how the Hell's Angels were treated like celebrities?

8. What had to happen to a bike in order for it to be considered a chopper, a hog, or a chopped hog?

9. What was the problem of having their pictures taken so often, according to the Hell's Angels?

10. What was the basic tenet of the moral code of the Hell's Angels? What did they believe about those who harmed them?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Women seem to be groupies to the Hell's Angels, wanting to sleep with them and to be with them.

Part 1: What do you think the appeal of the Hell's Angels is for the women in the story?

Part 2: Do you think the women have sex with the Hell's Angels willingly? Why or why not?

Part 3: Do you believe the Hell's Angels are the rapists they are purported to be? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 2

With Hunter Thompson as the author of this book, it seems the information being given to a reader may not always be reliable.

Part 1: Why might Hunter Thompson not be a reliable historian for the Hell's Angels?

Part 2: What might Thompson have done to ensure his writing was fair and unbiased? Or is it? Why?

Part 3: If Thompson is not a reliable narrator for the story of the Hell's Angels, how does that affect the book?

Essay Topic 3

When the women leave the camp at Bass Lake, the Hell's Angels turn to drugs and alcohol to keep themselves company.

Part 1: Why do you think the women left the Hell's Angels camp at the time of the curfew?

Part 2: Why do you think the Hell's Angels want female companionship so much?

Part 3: What do you think the Hell's Angels really think about women?

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