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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Death of a Poet.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. The address given to Thompson by his friend turned out to be a_____________.
(a) Cabin.
(b) Trailer park.
(c) Subdivision.
(d) Apartment complex.

3. Who was a friend of F. X. Leach in a 1992 Rolling Stone article by Hunter S. Thompson?
(a) Jimmy Carter.
(b) Richard Nixon.
(c) Bill Clinton.
(d) Clarence Thomas.

4. In the opening of "Mescalito" Thompson was full of pills, club sandwiches, and _____________.
(a) Jack Daniels.
(b) Jameson's.
(c) Evan Williams.
(d) Old Crow.

5. According to a sales jingle quoted by Thompson, "We cannot tell a lie, our machines will ___ you into a bag so fast you'll think you went blind."
(a) Sew.
(b) Tie.
(c) Zip.
(d) Bind.

Short Answer Questions

1. Thompson wrote in the Introduction that it was as though in a previous life he had been a ______________.

2. What was Leach wearing when he answered the door in "Death of a Poet"?

3. In "Mescalito," what did Thompson describe as "wily old"?

4. Who had a twenty-fifth-floor Hilton suite in "Mescalito"?

5. What did Thompson believe Leach had done when he saw the woman in the kitchen?

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