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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. What Hawaiian word for "thank you" did Thompson write in the Introduction?
(a) Mahalo.
(b) Mahola.
(c) Halou.
(d) Aloha.

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

3. For how long had Thompson been chased and tormented by giant radioactive creatures in the Introduction?
(a) 2 months.
(b) 36 weeks.
(c) 5 weeks.
(d) 22 weeks.

4. The clerk at the liquor store asked Thompson, "Aren't you the guy who did that ______ thing?"
(a) Nixon.
(b) Las Vegas.
(c) Fear and Loathing.
(d) Hell's Angels.

5. What did Thompson write he now had a fifth of in the beginning of "Mescalito"?
(a) Sobieski.
(b) Gentleman Jack.
(c) Crown Royal.
(d) Louis Martini Barbera.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what year does "Mescalito" begin?

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

3. At what hotel was Thompson staying in "Mescalito"?

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

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

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