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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. What did Thompson write he could do much faster than normal while under the effects of mescaline in "Mescalito"?
(a) Walk.
(b) Think.
(c) Dance.
(d) Type.

2. In "Mescalito," Thompson described his typewriter arrow "jumping along like a ___ in one of those sing-along movie shorts, bouncing from word to word with the music."
(a) Note.
(b) Zero.
(c) Face.
(d) Pill.

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

4. What did Thompson back on the balcony to get while waiting for Oscar in "Mescalito"?
(a) The beer.
(b) The vodka.
(c) The ice bucket.
(d) The pills.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Thompson wrote in "Mescalito" that the little red indicator that moves along with the ball on the typewriter appeared to be made of _________.

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

3. In "Mescalito," what did Thompson describe as an unbearable experience that would blow the top right off his head?

4. 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."

5. Thompson has problems with beer and __________.

(see the answer key)

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