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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Mescalito, Pages 15 through 29.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Thompson wrote in the letter in the Introduction that he had been unable to be contacted by anyone but whom?
(a) The Holtz family.
(b) The Animals.
(c) The Bushmen.
(d) The Doctors.

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

3. What time did Thompson write it was at the beginning of his second entry of "Mescalito"?
(a) 12:30.
(b) 2:30.
(c) 1:30.
(d) 4:30.

4. What did Thompson claim in the Introduction was what "we must deal with" today?
(a) The Book.
(b) The episode.
(c) The police.
(d) The hospital.

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

2. What were the police and ambulances scrambling toward as Thompson watched in the beginning of "Mescalito"?

3. Thompson wrote, regarding the order of the stories, that the dramatic tension should build like _____________.

4. What had gone off in the night in Thompson's second entry from "Mescalito"?

5. What did Thompson write he thought should be last in order in the Introduction?

(see the answer key)

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