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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. What was Dirty Ed beat with during the incident with the teenagers?

2. The Hell's Angels will take just about any pill and in ________________.

3. Who came back to the Hell's Angels' campground to tell the story about the injured Hell's Angel?

4. What was apparently defeated as a huge group of motorcycles flew by Thompson and the others as they sat?

5. What was the media reporting as the end point in the journey of the Hell's Angels?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why did the activities of the Hell's Angels slow down during the winter of 1965?

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

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

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

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

6. What does Thompson do for the night once he is tired of the endless rounds of drinking?

7. According to the Federal narcotics agents, how were the Hell's Angels transferring drugs from one place to the next?

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

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

10. What is wrong with the first campground the Hell's Angels are sent to?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

The Hell's Angels practice the idea of total retaliation for crimes committed against them.

Part 1: Why do you think 'eye for an eye' didn't work for the Hell's Angels?

Part 2: Why do you think total retaliation is the way of the Hell's Angels? What does this say about them?

Part 3: Why is the idea of total retaliation completely imbalanced?

Essay Topic 3

The media attention the Hell's Angels received seemed to be welcome at first, but then it started to wear on them and on their activities.

Part 1: Why were the Hell's Angels so eager to have their pictures taken with the media?

Part 2: Why did the pictures of the Hell's Angels turn out to be a harmful thing for the gang?

Part 3: Why wouldn't the Hell's Angels have simply stayed out of sight? Why did they allow themselves to become exposed?

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