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

2. The Hell's Angels focus their drug use on __________________.

3. Indentured servants sold themselves into __________ to travel to colonial America.

4. The rioting and the violence at the ______________ rally was blamed on the Hell's Angels.

5. Where did Dirty Ed go in order to get medical attention?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. How does Thompson define the idea of a dope network, as seen with many motorcycle gangs?

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

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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?

Essay Topic 2

The celebrity that began to follow the Hell's Angels as they become more widely known altered their ability to be the men they were before.

Part 1: What does being a celebrity do to a person? How might it change a person?

Part 2: Why do you think the Hell's Angels had troubles dealing with being celebrities?

Part 3: Why do you think the Hell's Angels were seen as celebrities among the media?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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