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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. Thompson wrote in "Mescalito" that the little red indicator that moves along with the ball on the typewriter appeared to be made of _________.
(a) Lipstick.
(b) Blood.
(c) Rubies.
(d) Watermelon.

2. What did Thompson claim he was not in his letter in the Introduction?
(a) A brainless whore.
(b) A classical writer.
(c) A sane man.
(d) A chaste nun.

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

4. Thompson wrote that ___________ was "keeping me on my rails, without it I'd be completely adrift and weird" in "Mescalito"?
(a) The television.
(b) The radio.
(c) The telephone.
(d) The typewriter.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What street was Thompson's hotel overlooking in "Mescalito"?

3. What did Thompson write felt "half-frozen" while tripping in "Mescalito"?

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

5. Who composed Sonata in F Major for Oboe and Guitar?

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