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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Thompson was anxious about _____________coming into his hotel room in "Mescalito."
(a) A maid.
(b) His boss.
(c) His mother.
(d) Oscar.

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

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

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

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

7. According to a sales jingle quoted by Thompson, "We cannot tell a lie, our machines will ___ you into a bag so fast you'll think you went blind."
(a) Tie.
(b) Sew.
(c) Bind.
(d) Zip.

8. How much beer did Thompson have left, although it was too early to call for more, in "Mescalito"?
(a) One beer.
(b) Half a beer.
(c) Three beers.
(d) Two beers.

9. In "Mescalito," what was "adjusting to this new stimulus like an old soldier ambushed and panicked for a moment"?
(a) The body.
(b) The spirit.
(c) The soul.
(d) The brain.

10. According to Thompson, to the flower children in "Mescalito" he must have been seen as just another ________________.
(a) Old man.
(b) Wet blanket.
(c) Fat cat.
(d) Square.

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

12. What street was Thompson's hotel overlooking in "Mescalito"?
(a) Hollywood Boulevard.
(b) Broadway.
(c) Sunset Strip.
(d) Esposito Drive.

13. According to Thompson, "Singer sewing time is ____ minutes until eight o'clock."
(a) Fifteen.
(b) Twenty.
(c) Ten.
(d) Thirty.

14. What is the date of the first entry of "Mescalito"?
(a) February 16.
(b) February 23.
(c) September 18.
(d) March 12.

15. What park did Thompson feel he was looking at in "Mescalito"?
(a) Central Park.
(b) Grant Park.
(c) Cauley Park.
(d) Bryant Park.

Short Answer Questions

1. Thompson wrote while under the influence of mescaline that there was not much connection between his head and his ________.

2. In what year does "Mescalito" begin?

3. When is George Washington's birthday?

4. What kind of car did the flower children end up getting into in "Mescalito"?

5. Thompson wrote, regarding the order of the stories, that the dramatic tension should build like _____________.

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