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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who sang "The Weight" on the radio in "Mescalito"?
(a) Melvin Laird.
(b) Elvis Presley.
(c) Duke Ellington.
(d) Bing Crosby.

2. What liquor store did Thompson walk down to in the first entry of "Mescalito"?
(a) Pearl Street Liquor.
(b) King's Cellar Liquor.
(c) Jackson Square Liquor.
(d) Sisters of Mercy Liquor.

3. What did Thompson back on the balcony to get while waiting for Oscar in "Mescalito"?
(a) The beer.
(b) The ice bucket.
(c) The vodka.
(d) The pills.

4. On what floor was Thompson staying in "Mescalito"?
(a) 14th.
(b) 7th.
(c) 5th.
(d) 11th.

5. Thompson wrote about _______________singing White Rabbit in "Mescalito."
(a) Jim Morrison.
(b) Jefferson Airplane.
(c) Louis Armstrong.
(d) Martin Bormann.

6. What did Thompson consider mixing with ice fragments to drink in "Mescalito"?
(a) Jameson's.
(b) Jack Daniels.
(c) Old Crow.
(d) Belvedere.

7. What date is the second entry of "Mescalito"?
(a) March 12.
(b) February 19.
(c) February 20.
(d) February 18.

8. In what city did "Mescalito" take place?
(a) Las Vegas.
(b) Los Angeles.
(c) New York.
(d) Denver.

9. Whom did Thompson call, asking him to bring beer in "Mescalito"?
(a) Sing-li.
(b) Estes.
(c) Oscar.
(d) Paulie.

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

11. In "Mescalito," what part of Thompson's body had muscle spasms?
(a) Thompson's foot.
(b) Thompson's arm.
(c) Thompson's neck.
(d) Thompson's thigh.

12. Who was a civil rights activist, a leader of the American civil rights movement of the 1940s, '50s and '60s, and the initiator and organizer of the 1961 Freedom Ride which eventually led to the desegregation of interstate busing in the United states?
(a) James Farmer, Jr.
(b) Malcolm X.
(c) George Herman.
(d) Martin Luther King, Jr.

13. Whom did Thompson describe on Face the Nation in "Mescalito"?
(a) Jimmy Carter.
(b) Hubert Humphrey.
(c) James Farmer.
(d) Richard Nixon.

14. What Hawaiian word for "thank you" did Thompson write in the Introduction?
(a) Halou.
(b) Mahola.
(c) Aloha.
(d) Mahalo.

15. Thompson wrote in "Mescalito" while tripping that his eyes felt bigger than____________.
(a) Pears.
(b) Oranges.
(c) Apples.
(d) Grapefruits.

Short Answer Questions

1. Thompson has problems with beer and __________.

2. What were the police and ambulances scrambling toward as Thompson watched in the beginning of "Mescalito"?

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

4. In what year does "Mescalito" begin?

5. Thompson wrote in the letter in the Introduction that he had been unable to be contacted by anyone but whom?

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