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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to the Introduction, what was Thompson going to murder in his backyard?
(a) A raccoon.
(b) A cat.
(c) A wolf.
(d) A skunk.

2. Whom did Thompson feel like while conversing with the flower children in "Mescalito"?
(a) Johnny Carson.
(b) Hubert Humphrey.
(c) James Farmer.
(d) Richard Nixon.

3. In the Introduction, where was Thompson placed after his escape?
(a) A Decompression Chamber.
(b) A mental institution.
(c) An enforced labor camp.
(d) A holding cell.

4. How much beer did Thompson have to conserve while waiting for Oscar to arrive in "Mescalito"?
(a) A six-pack.
(b) A half-beer.
(c) An inch.
(d) Two beers.

5. Thompson described the charwomen as prowling about the hotel like crippled ___________.
(a) Pigeons.
(b) Coyotes.
(c) Wolves.
(d) Rats.

6. What did Thompson write "is all that matters--except for the horrible scars" in the Introduction?
(a) Mescaline.
(b) Redemption.
(c) Decadence.
(d) Escape.

7. What had gone off in the night in Thompson's second entry from "Mescalito"?
(a) His alarm.
(b) A police siren.
(c) The fire alarm.
(d) A tornado alert.

8. Who had a twenty-fifth-floor Hilton suite in "Mescalito"?
(a) Hubert Humphrey.
(b) Richard Nixon.
(c) George Herman.
(d) James Farmer.

9. What did Thompson write he didn't miss at all, most days, in the Introduction?
(a) His cat.
(b) His wife.
(c) His lover.
(d) His memory.

10. In what year does "Mescalito" begin?
(a) 1969.
(b) 1967.
(c) 1968.
(d) 1971.

11. Thompson arrived back from a tour of the Soviet Union and _____________.
(a) China.
(b) Denmark.
(c) Japan.
(d) England.

12. What time did Thompson write it was at the beginning of his second entry of "Mescalito"?
(a) 2:30.
(b) 4:30.
(c) 12:30.
(d) 1:30.

13. Whom did Thompson write of in Jerusalem in "Mescalito"?
(a) Michael Stewart.
(b) Melvin Laird.
(c) Anthony Hatch.
(d) Andrew Watson.

14. What is the date of the third entry in "Mescalito"?
(a) February 18-19.
(b) February 21.
(c) March 14.
(d) February 20.

15. What "puts you out in the dark, which is more neutral" in "Mescalito"?
(a) The press.
(b) A window.
(c) A balcony.
(d) LSD.

Short Answer Questions

1. Thompson was anxious about _____________coming into his hotel room in "Mescalito."

2. In "Mescalito" Thompson wrote, "Yesterday a dope freak tried to steal the Goodyear blimp and take it to ______________."

3. Thompson tried to focus on the sound of what musical instrument between ads during his trip in "Mescalito"?

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

5. What did Thompson claim he was not in his letter in the Introduction?

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