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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Death of a Poet.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What kind of credit card did Thompson use for payment at the liquor store in "Mescalito"?
(a) Mastercard.
(b) Diner's Club.
(c) American Express.
(d) Visa.

2. Which airline was mentioned in connection with the following quote: "Xerox copy with author's notes of yesterday's program..."?
(a) Continental Airlines.
(b) U.S. Airlines.
(c) American Airlines.
(d) Delta Airlines.

3. Who composed Sonata in F Major for Oboe and Guitar?
(a) Johann Sebastian Bach.
(b) Charles Starkweather.
(c) Philip Glass.
(d) Berlioz.

4. According to the Introduction, what was Thompson going to murder in his backyard?
(a) A skunk.
(b) A raccoon.
(c) A cat.
(d) A wolf.

5. What station did Thompson promise to send a check to in "Mescalito"?
(a) KPFK.
(b) KPPR.
(c) KWER.
(d) WKRP.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Thompson write he now had a fifth of in the beginning of "Mescalito"?

2. In "Mescalito," what part of Thompson's body had muscle spasms?

3. When is George Washington's birthday?

4. Who was a civil rights activist, a leader of the American civil rights movement of the 1940s, '50s and '60s, and the initiator and organizer of the 1961 Freedom Ride which eventually led to the desegregation of interstate busing in the United states?

5. What kind of car did the flower children end up getting into in "Mescalito"?

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