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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Screwjack.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The people would come to collect Leach's debt by _____________.
(a) Midnight.
(b) Tomorrow morning.
(c) Next week.
(d) Tomorrow at noon.

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. What had Leach been drinking when he changed his bet?
(a) Gin.
(b) Schnapps.
(c) Vodka.
(d) Whiskey.

4. The narrator described at the beginning of "Screwjack" that a crust of snow had formed on the porch since ____________.
(a) Dusk.
(b) Yesterday.
(c) Midnight.
(d) Dawn.

5. Thompson warned himself to stay away from ___________ during his mescaline trip in "Mescalito."
(a) The phone.
(b) The bed.
(c) The carpet.
(d) The lamp post.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what establishment was Thompson in the beginning of "Death of a Poet"?

2. Thompson wrote that ___________ was "keeping me on my rails, without it I'd be completely adrift and weird" in "Mescalito"?

3. The opening paragraph of "Screwjack" is signed off by ____________.

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

5. In what city did Thompson write that Nixon had ordered the Condor Legion?

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