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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In "Mescalito" Thompson wrote, "Yesterday a dope freak tried to steal the Goodyear blimp and take it to ______________."
(a) San Francisco.
(b) Denver.
(c) Chicago.
(d) Aspen.

2. The woman in the kitchen in "Death of a Poet" was ___________.
(a) A blow-up doll.
(b) Leach's mistress.
(c) Thompson's sister.
(d) Leach's wife.

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

4. In "Mescalito," what part of Thompson's body had muscle spasms?
(a) Thompson's thigh.
(b) Thompson's neck.
(c) Thompson's arm.
(d) Thompson's foot.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. When is George Washington's birthday?

2. According to the Introduction, what was Thompson going to murder in his backyard?

3. From where did Thompson write he had returned in the Introduction?

4. What is the date of the third entry in "Mescalito"?

5. What was the name of Leach's "punching bag" in "Death of a Poet"?

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