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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to Thompson in "Death of a Poet," who had struck out?
(a) Mighty Casey.
(b) Mighty Ott.
(c) Mighty Mick.
(d) Babe Ruth.

2. What did Thompson believe Leach had done when he saw the woman in the kitchen?
(a) Kidnapped someone.
(b) Embezzled money.
(c) Shot a prostitute.
(d) Shot his wife.

3. Thompson wrote, regarding the order of the stories, that the dramatic tension should build like _____________.
(a) Bolero.
(b) Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas.
(c) The Great Gatsby.
(d) Gone With the Wind.

4. Mr. Screwjack left "across the woodpile and through that shadowy hole between" what kind of tree?
(a) Blue spruce.
(b) Aspen.
(c) Yellow Pine.
(d) Hemlock.

5. The address given to Thompson by the poet was located behind ______________.
(a) Church.
(b) Stockyards.
(c) Pier.
(d) Railroads.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did Thompson describe his typewriter keys while tripping in "Mescalito"?

2. What did Thompson write "is all that matters--except for the horrible scars" in the Introduction?

3. What was the title of the 1992 Rolling Stone article by Hunter S. Thompson in which F. X. Leach also appeared?

4. Thompson wrote he had been chased and tormented by what huge radioactive creatures in the Introduction?

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

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