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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 were the police and ambulances scrambling toward as Thompson watched in the beginning of "Mescalito"?
(a) Whisky-a-Go-Go.
(b) Whiskytown Go Go.
(c) The L.A. Club.
(d) Studio 54.

2. From where did Thompson write he had returned in the Introduction?
(a) The Wilderness.
(b) The Great Beyond.
(c) Chicago.
(d) New York.

3. What did Thompson write he didn't miss at all, most days, in the Introduction?
(a) His cat.
(b) His lover.
(c) His wife.
(d) His memory.

4. What liquor store did Thompson walk down to in the first entry of "Mescalito"?
(a) Pearl Street Liquor.
(b) King's Cellar Liquor.
(c) Jackson Square Liquor.
(d) Sisters of Mercy Liquor.

5. Who had a twenty-fifth-floor Hilton suite in "Mescalito"?
(a) Richard Nixon.
(b) Hubert Humphrey.
(c) George Herman.
(d) James Farmer.

Short Answer Questions

1. At the Luau, who could remember when Farmer was a radical?

2. Thompson warned himself to stay away from ___________ during his mescaline trip in "Mescalito."

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

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. Which airline was mentioned in connection with the following quote: "Xerox copy with author's notes of yesterday's program..."?

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