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

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

3. According to Thompson, to the flower children in "Mescalito" he must have been seen as just another ________________.
(a) Old man.
(b) Fat cat.
(c) Square.
(d) Wet blanket.

4. When did Thompson write that "it started" in his letter in the Introduction?
(a) Valentine's Day.
(b) Halloween.
(c) Christmas.
(d) Groundhog Day.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the date of the first entry of "Mescalito"?

2. Whom did Thompson feel like while conversing with the flower children in "Mescalito"?

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

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

5. What signal did the flower children wave at Thompson in "Mescalito"?

(see the answer key)

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