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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What signal did the flower children wave at Thompson in "Mescalito"?
(a) "Y."
(b) "V."
(c) "P."
(d) "W."

2. What newspaper did Thompson quote with the line, "Kept authorities at bay for more than an hour, claiming to be George Harrison of the Beatles"?
(a) Chicago Tribune.
(b) U.S.A. Today.
(c) New York Times.
(d) L.A. Times.

3. Thompson wrote while under the influence of mescaline that there was not much connection between his head and his ________.
(a) Mind.
(b) Body.
(c) Soul.
(d) Heart.

4. What did Thompson write felt "half-frozen" while tripping in "Mescalito"?
(a) His face.
(b) His toes.
(c) His legs.
(d) His hands.

5. From where did Thompson write he had returned in the Introduction?
(a) New York.
(b) The Wilderness.
(c) Chicago.
(d) The Great Beyond.

6. For how long had Thompson been chased and tormented by giant radioactive creatures in the Introduction?
(a) 2 months.
(b) 36 weeks.
(c) 22 weeks.
(d) 5 weeks.

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

8. With whom did Thompson write of sitting on the Strip, talking to off-duty hookers in "Mescalito"?
(a) Cleveland.
(b) Arnold.
(c) Lionel.
(d) James.

9. Thompson wrote in "Mescalito" that the little red indicator that moves along with the ball on the typewriter appeared to be made of _________.
(a) Watermelon.
(b) Rubies.
(c) Blood.
(d) Lipstick.

10. Thompson tried to focus on the sound of what musical instrument between ads during his trip in "Mescalito"?
(a) Tuba.
(b) Trombone.
(c) Saxophone.
(d) Violin.

11. In "Mescalito," Thompson described his drug trip as "a buzzing without noise, high-speed vibrations and more ___________."
(a) Darkness.
(b) Tremors.
(c) Angels.
(d) Brightness.

12. What were the police and ambulances scrambling toward as Thompson watched in the beginning of "Mescalito"?
(a) Whiskytown Go Go.
(b) Studio 54.
(c) The L.A. Club.
(d) Whisky-a-Go-Go.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Thompson wrote in the Introduction that it was as though in a previous life he had been a ______________.

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

3. The clerk at the liquor store asked Thompson, "Aren't you the guy who did that ______ thing?"

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

5. What did Thompson consider mixing with ice fragments to drink in "Mescalito"?

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