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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 music did Thompson describe on the radio while tripping in "Mescalito"?
(a) Saxophone.
(b) Flute.
(c) Drums.
(d) Guitar.

2. What did Leach tell Thompson he was about to do when he arrived?
(a) Go to the store.
(b) Make breakfast.
(c) Take a shower.
(d) Slit his wrists.

3. How did Thompson describe his typewriter keys while tripping in "Mescalito"?
(a) Melting.
(b) Glittering.
(c) Freezing.
(d) Hot.

4. Where did the car rental employee say she was moving to in "Death of a Poet"?
(a) Milwaukee.
(b) New York.
(c) Los Angeles.
(d) St. Louis.

5. What did Thompson believe Leach had done when he saw the woman in the kitchen?
(a) Kidnapped someone.
(b) Shot a prostitute.
(c) Shot his wife.
(d) Embezzled money.

Short Answer Questions

1. What were the police and ambulances scrambling toward as Thompson watched in the beginning of "Mescalito"?

2. With whom did Thompson write of sitting on the Strip, talking to off-duty hookers in "Mescalito"?

3. What is the tunnel made of in the poem which opens "Death of a Poet"?

4. What station did Thompson promise to send a check to in "Mescalito"?

5. What had gone off in the night in Thompson's second entry from "Mescalito"?

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