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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. What did Thompson consider mixing with ice fragments to drink in "Mescalito"?
(a) Jameson's.
(b) Belvedere.
(c) Old Crow.
(d) Jack Daniels.

2. At the Luau, who could remember when Farmer was a radical?
(a) McGarr.
(b) Schorr.
(c) Nixon.
(d) Humphrey.

3. What happened when Thompson first tried to call Oscar in "Mescalito"?
(a) He got the answering machine.
(b) No one was home.
(c) The line was busy.
(d) Oscar's wife answered.

4. At what hotel was Thompson staying in "Mescalito"?
(a) The Four Seasons Hotel.
(b) The Dellmore Inn.
(c) The Continental Hotel.
(d) The San Franciscan.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What station did Thompson promise to send a check to in "Mescalito"?

2. Which American journalist covered world news for more than 60 years and was most recently a Senior News Analyst for National Public Radio (NPR)?

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

4. With whom did Thompson write of sitting on the Strip, talking to off-duty hookers in "Mescalito"?

5. From where did Thompson write he had returned in the Introduction?

(see the answer key)

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