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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Mescalito, Pages 30 through 39.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How much beer did Thompson have to conserve while waiting for Oscar to arrive in "Mescalito"?
(a) An inch.
(b) A six-pack.
(c) A half-beer.
(d) Two beers.

2. To whom is the letter in the Introduction addressed?
(a) Stu.
(b) Paulo.
(c) Cleveland.
(d) Maurice.

3. What drug did Thompson equate mescaline as being very much like in "Mescalito"?
(a) Cocaine.
(b) Psylocibin.
(c) Ecstasy.
(d) LSD.

4. Whom did Thompson write of in Jerusalem in "Mescalito"?
(a) Melvin Laird.
(b) Michael Stewart.
(c) Anthony Hatch.
(d) Andrew Watson.

5. What did Thompson claim he was not in his letter in the Introduction?
(a) A sane man.
(b) A brainless whore.
(c) A classical writer.
(d) A chaste nun.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what city did "Mescalito" take place?

2. Thompson wrote that ___________ was "keeping me on my rails, without it I'd be completely adrift and weird" in "Mescalito"?

3. In "Mescalito," what was "adjusting to this new stimulus like an old soldier ambushed and panicked for a moment"?

4. Who sang "The Weight" on the radio in "Mescalito"?

5. Who was screaming in the background of the headset on the plane in "Mescalito"?

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