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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Thompson has problems with beer and __________.
(a) Cocaine.
(b) Dexedrine.
(c) Candy.
(d) Cigarettes.

2. Thompson wrote he had been chased and tormented by what huge radioactive creatures in the Introduction?
(a) Horses.
(b) Bobcats.
(c) Tigers.
(d) Red foxes.

3. Who sang "The Weight" on the radio in "Mescalito"?
(a) Melvin Laird.
(b) Duke Ellington.
(c) Elvis Presley.
(d) Bing Crosby.

4. In "Screwjack," the narrator pleaded to God, saying, "I am guilty, Lord, but I am also a __________."
(a) Martyr.
(b) Worshiper.
(c) Lover.
(d) Heathen.

5. The dawn in the beginning of "Screwjack" is described as cold and ____________.
(a) Sunless.
(b) Sunny.
(c) Gloomy.
(d) Wet.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many pounds did Mr. Screwjack weigh the second time the narrator had encountered him?

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

3. Thompson wrote while under the influence of mescaline that there was not much connection between his head and his ________.

4. What had Thompson and his friend recently bet on in "Death of a Poet"?

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

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