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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. How many flower children walked below Thompson's window and waved at him in "Mescalito"?
(a) Four.
(b) Five.
(c) Ten.
(d) Six.

2. The people would come to collect Leach's debt by _____________.
(a) Midnight.
(b) Tomorrow at noon.
(c) Next week.
(d) Tomorrow morning.

3. What time did Thompson write it was at the beginning of his second entry of "Mescalito"?
(a) 12:30.
(b) 4:30.
(c) 2:30.
(d) 1:30.

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

5. While waiting for Oscar in "Mescalito," how many hours did Thompson have to catch a plane?
(a) Three.
(b) Five.
(c) Two.
(d) One.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to a sales jingle quoted by Thompson, "We cannot tell a lie, our machines will ___ you into a bag so fast you'll think you went blind."

2. How much beer did Thompson have left, although it was too early to call for more, in "Mescalito"?

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

4. Thompson was anxious to see ______________and celebrate a victory in "Death of a Poet"?

5. Thompson wrote in "Mescalito" while tripping that his eyes felt bigger than____________.

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