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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. Which ad did Thompson discuss at length in "Mescalito"?
(a) Hoover Vacuum Cleaners.
(b) S.O.S. Pads.
(c) Singer Sewing Machines.
(d) Johnson and Johnson Soap.

2. Thompson wrote that ___________ was "keeping me on my rails, without it I'd be completely adrift and weird" in "Mescalito"?
(a) The typewriter.
(b) The telephone.
(c) The radio.
(d) The television.

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

4. What signal did the flower children wave at Thompson in "Mescalito"?
(a) "V."
(b) "P."
(c) "Y."
(d) "W."

5. According to Thompson, how high above his feet was his head while tripping in "Mescalito"?
(a) 3 feet.
(b) 20 feet.
(c) 40 feet.
(d) 10 feet.

Short Answer Questions

1. ______________were all over the carpet in Thompson's room.

2. Thompson wrote, regarding the order of the stories, that the dramatic tension should build like _____________.

3. What did Thompson claim in the Introduction was what "we must deal with" today?

4. According to Thompson, to the flower children in "Mescalito" he must have been seen as just another ________________.

5. Thompson wrote in the letter in the Introduction that he had been unable to be contacted by anyone but whom?

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