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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Mescalito, Pages 30 through 39.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What did Thompson write he could do much faster than normal while under the effects of mescaline in "Mescalito"?
(a) Walk.
(b) Dance.
(c) Type.
(d) Think.

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. What had gone off in the night in Thompson's second entry from "Mescalito"?
(a) A police siren.
(b) His alarm.
(c) The fire alarm.
(d) A tornado alert.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Hearing news of ______________ was too much for a tortured head in "Mescalito"?

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

3. What park did Thompson feel he was looking at in "Mescalito"?

4. For how long had Thompson been chased and tormented by giant radioactive creatures in the Introduction?

5. Thompson wrote he had been chased and tormented by what huge radioactive creatures in the Introduction?

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