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

2. What is the date of the first entry of "Mescalito"?
(a) February 23.
(b) March 12.
(c) February 16.
(d) September 18.

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

4. 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) Zero.
(b) Note.
(c) Face.
(d) Pill.

5. At the Luau, who could remember when Farmer was a radical?
(a) Schorr.
(b) Nixon.
(c) McGarr.
(d) Humphrey.

Short Answer Questions

1. What newspaper did Thompson quote with the line, "Kept authorities at bay for more than an hour, claiming to be George Harrison of the Beatles"?

2. Thompson was anxious about _____________coming into his hotel room in "Mescalito."

3. How many flower children walked below Thompson's window and waved at him in "Mescalito"?

4. What date is the second entry of "Mescalito"?

5. What kind of music did Thompson describe on the radio while tripping in "Mescalito"?

(see the answer key)

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