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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. Hell's Angels are convicted of rape seemingly ___________ frequently than the public at large.

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

3. While the Hell's Angels liked being invited to parties, they did not come to terms with the larger ____________.

4. The LA Times reported that some of the drug smugglers pleaded guilty in a ___________ court.

5. What is NOT one of the categories into which the Hell's Angels place women?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What happened to Dirty Ed when he was riding around the Bass Lake town area?

4. What does Thompson think was the cause of the riots at the rally in Laconia?

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

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

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

8. What does Tiny Baxter offer to Barger when the Hell's Angels arrive in Bass Lake?

9. What happens when Thompson takes the photographer's car to the police station?

10. Why don't the Hell's Angels ever attend the annual American Motorcycle Association rally?

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

Meeting up with the sheriff of Bass Lake is an unexpected turn of events for a story about the Hell's Angels, it seems.

Part 1: Why do you think the Hell's Angels decided to meet up with the sheriff?

Part 2: Why was the sheriff keen on meeting up with the leader of the Hell's Angels?

Part 3: Do you think the sheriff intentionally led the Hell's Angels to an inferior camping area? 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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