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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. According to the media, the Hell's Angels are notorious and habitual __________.

2. What happened when the Hell's Angel rode away in fury after the situation in #142?

3. The funeral Thompson attended was for a _____________ who had died in a road accident.

4. Most of the riots, Thompson points out, were focused on dissatisfaction with the _______________.

5. Who did the sheriff arrest in the altercation between Dirty Ed and the teenagers?

Short Essay Questions

1. What were the three categories of women as described by the Hell's Angels in the story?

2. What is supposed to be the main drug that the Hell's Angels were trafficking and selling?

3. What did Thompson do during the night as the party continued long into the night?

4. What happened when the beer ran out during the Bass Lake trip?

5. How did the Hell's Angels interact with the new counter culture that was emerging in the society?

6. What do the Hell's Angels believe makes women want to sleep with them?

7. What do Gut and Buzzard want Thompson to do for them when they are at a roadside stand?

8. What did the preacher tell the Hell's Angels at the funeral for one of their own?

9. What were the rules of the curfew put into place by the local police in the area of the Hell's Angels?

10. Why did the Hell's Angels like pharmaceutical drugs so much?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

The motorcycle gangs and their humble beginnings give the reader a sense of who the Hell's Angels are/were and how they came about during the course of their history.

Part 1: Why were the earliest motorcycle gangs happy to call themselves the One Percenters? Why would this be a good thing?

Part 2: Why do you think the Hell's Angels were a well organized motorcycle gang? Why were they organized and others were not?

Part 3: What made the Hell's Angels stand out from the rest, in your opinion? What features did they have that other gangs did not?

Essay Topic 2

Throughout the story, it seems that the Hell's Angels, though wary of Thompson at first, seem to open up to him in a way they might not with other journalists.

Part 1: Why do you think Thompson decided to learn more about the Hell's Angels?

Part 2: Why do you think the Hell's Angels responded to Thompson and his inquiries?

Part 3: Isn't Thompson just as bad as the rest of the media? Isn't he just trying to make money or gain fame from the celebrity of the Hell's Angels? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 3

During the time at Bass Lake, the tension builds and some Hell's Angels get hurt - but no civilians.

Part 1: Why do you think the teenagers decided to attack the Hell's Angels?

Part 2: Why do you think the Hell's Angel crashed his car after the incident with the photographer?

Part 3: Do the incidents of Hell's Angels getting hurt reveal them to be weaker than the public's perception of them? Why or why not?

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