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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Screwjack.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to the narrator, where did someone go after Real Estate School?
(a) Sacramento.
(b) El Centro.
(c) New York.
(d) Los Angeles.

2. In what year does "Mescalito" begin?
(a) 1969.
(b) 1968.
(c) 1967.
(d) 1971.

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

4. What did Thompson consider mixing with ice fragments to drink in "Mescalito"?
(a) Jack Daniels.
(b) Jameson's.
(c) Belvedere.
(d) Old Crow.

5. 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"?
(a) Chicago Tribune.
(b) U.S.A. Today.
(c) L.A. Times.
(d) New York Times.

Short Answer Questions

1. What kind of credit card did Thompson use for payment at the liquor store in "Mescalito"?

2. Where did Thompson write of people howling over late deadlines in "Mescalito"?

3. The woman in the kitchen in "Death of a Poet" was ___________.

4. In "Mescalito" Thompson wrote, "Yesterday a dope freak tried to steal the Goodyear blimp and take it to ______________."

5. The clerk at the liquor store asked Thompson, "Aren't you the guy who did that ______ thing?"

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