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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 kind of car did the flower children end up getting into in "Mescalito"?
(a) A taxi.
(b) A beetle.
(c) A pickup truck.
(d) A bus.

2. Thompson wrote, regarding the order of the stories, that the dramatic tension should build like _____________.
(a) Bolero.
(b) Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas.
(c) The Great Gatsby.
(d) Gone With the Wind.

3. What did Thompson write he thought should be last in order in the Introduction?
(a) Fear and Loathing.
(b) Screwjack.
(c) Death of a Poet.
(d) Mescalito.

4. What park did Thompson feel he was looking at in "Mescalito"?
(a) Grant Park.
(b) Bryant Park.
(c) Central Park.
(d) Cauley Park.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In the opening of "Mescalito" Thompson was full of pills, club sandwiches, and _____________.

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

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

4. What did Thompson write he now had a fifth of in the beginning of "Mescalito"?

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

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