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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Thompson wrote in the letter in the Introduction that he had been unable to be contacted by anyone but whom?
(a) The Bushmen.
(b) The Animals.
(c) The Doctors.
(d) The Holtz family.

2. What did Thompson go to the kitchen to get in "Death of a Poet"?
(a) Scotch.
(b) Wild Turkey.
(c) Vodka.
(d) Chicken.

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

4. What drug did Thompson equate mescaline as being very much like in "Mescalito"?
(a) LSD.
(b) Psylocibin.
(c) Cocaine.
(d) Ecstasy.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How much beer did Thompson have left, although it was too early to call for more, in "Mescalito"?

3. The woman in the kitchen in "Death of a Poet" was ___________.

4. What was the name of Leach's "punching bag" in "Death of a Poet"?

5. How many flower children walked below Thompson's window and waved at him in "Mescalito"?

(see the answer key)

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