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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. While waiting for Oscar in "Mescalito," how many hours did Thompson have to catch a plane?
(a) One.
(b) Three.
(c) Two.
(d) Five.

2. Where did Thompson write of people howling over late deadlines in "Mescalito"?
(a) New York.
(b) San Francisco.
(c) Chicago.
(d) Denver.

3. In "Mescalito" Thompson wrote, "Yesterday a dope freak tried to steal the Goodyear blimp and take it to ______________."
(a) Aspen.
(b) Denver.
(c) San Francisco.
(d) Chicago.

4. In "Mescalito," Thompson described his typewriter arrow "jumping along like a ___ in one of those sing-along movie shorts, bouncing from word to word with the music."
(a) Zero.
(b) Pill.
(c) Note.
(d) Face.

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

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

7. Thompson wrote in the letter in the Introduction that he had been unable to be contacted by anyone but whom?
(a) The Doctors.
(b) The Animals.
(c) The Bushmen.
(d) The Holtz family.

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

9. What did Thompson write he thought should be last in order in the Introduction?
(a) Death of a Poet.
(b) Fear and Loathing.
(c) Screwjack.
(d) Mescalito.

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

11. To whom is the letter in the Introduction addressed?
(a) Cleveland.
(b) Maurice.
(c) Paulo.
(d) Stu.

12. Which ad did Thompson discuss at length in "Mescalito"?
(a) S.O.S. Pads.
(b) Hoover Vacuum Cleaners.
(c) Singer Sewing Machines.
(d) Johnson and Johnson Soap.

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

14. What kind of car did the flower children end up getting into in "Mescalito"?
(a) A beetle.
(b) A bus.
(c) A pickup truck.
(d) A taxi.

15. What happened when Thompson first tried to call Oscar in "Mescalito"?
(a) No one was home.
(b) Oscar's wife answered.
(c) The line was busy.
(d) He got the answering machine.

Short Answer Questions

1. What street was Thompson's hotel overlooking in "Mescalito"?

2. What did Thompson creep across the room to get to help with the sunlight in "Mescalito"?

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

4. Who was screaming in the background of the headset on the plane in "Mescalito"?

5. In "Mescalito," if Thompson could get up and go to the bathroom, he would like to get a towel to hang over __________.

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