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Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to Thompson, how high above his feet was his head while tripping in "Mescalito"?
(a) 40 feet.
(b) 20 feet.
(c) 10 feet.
(d) 3 feet.

2. What station did Thompson promise to send a check to in "Mescalito"?
(a) KPFK.
(b) KWER.
(c) KPPR.
(d) WKRP.

3. What veteran CBS journalist did Thompson describe as being condescending in "Mescalito"?
(a) George Herman.
(b) Jimmy Carter.
(c) James Farmer.
(d) Walter Cronkite.

4. What did Thompson creep across the room to get to help with the sunlight in "Mescalito"?
(a) A lamp shade.
(b) A window blind.
(c) An umbrella.
(d) Sunglasses.

5. What had Thompson and his friend recently bet on in "Death of a Poet"?
(a) The Stanley Cup.
(b) The World Cup.
(c) The Kentucky Derby.
(d) The Superbowl.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who sang "The Weight" on the radio in "Mescalito"?

2. Which car did the woman at the car rental counter tell Thompson to take?

3. How does the writer sleep in the poem which opens "Death of a Poet"?

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

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

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