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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. To whom was the letter written?
(a) His cat.
(b) His publishers.
(c) His boss.
(d) His wife.

2. What did Leach throw at Thompson in the kitchen?
(a) A knife.
(b) A gun.
(c) A loaf of bread.
(d) The doll.

3. What was Leach wearing when he answered the door in "Death of a Poet"?
(a) A wool bathrobe.
(b) An alpaca wool bathrobe.
(c) A terrycloth bathrobe.
(d) A cowhide bathrobe.

4. Who had beaten the Packers in "Death of a Poet"?
(a) Miami Dolphins.
(b) Denver Broncos.
(c) Dallas Cowboys.
(d) Kansas City Chiefs.

5. Who had failed in discussing the Packers?
(a) The Magic Casey.
(b) The Big Brother.
(c) The Magic Man.
(d) The Great Giant.

6. What did Thompson believe Leach had done when he saw the woman in the kitchen?
(a) Shot his wife.
(b) Embezzled money.
(c) Kidnapped someone.
(d) Shot a prostitute.

7. In the end of his letter in "Screwjack," the narrator asked who might look on him and say that he "was wrong for loving a huge black ___________."
(a) Panther.
(b) Monster.
(c) Lover.
(d) Tomcat.

8. In what establishment was Thompson in the beginning of "Death of a Poet"?
(a) A bar.
(b) A shopping mall.
(c) An airport.
(d) A church.

9. Where was Hunter S. Thompson born?
(a) Birmingham, AL.
(b) Lexington, VA.
(c) Washington, D.C.
(d) Louisville, KY.

10. From where did the second narrator receive a call full of political news in "Screwjack"?
(a) Santa Barbara.
(b) Washington, D.C.
(c) Los Angeles.
(d) Sacramento.

11. In the closing of his letter, whom did the narrator ask the Lord to keep off his back?
(a) Teachers.
(b) Doctors.
(c) Auditors.
(d) Lawyers.

12. How does the writer sleep in the poem which opens "Death of a Poet"?
(a) Fitfully.
(b) Naked.
(c) Clothed.
(d) Dreamlessly.

13. According to "Screwjack's" narrator, what "drove me crazy as I carried him in my arms to the front door"?
(a) His screeching.
(b) His sighing.
(c) His whining.
(d) His crying.

14. Mr. Screwjack had eaten the last of ______________at the beginning of "Screwjack."
(a) The chicken.
(b) The salmon.
(c) The tuna.
(d) The caviar.

15. Who was a friend of F. X. Leach in a 1992 Rolling Stone article by Hunter S. Thompson?
(a) Clarence Thomas.
(b) Richard Nixon.
(c) Bill Clinton.
(d) Jimmy Carter.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Mr. Screwjack left, the narrator wrote "And then he was gone, with no noise, like some ____ from my other world."

2. Which team did Thompson bet on in "Death of a Poet"?

3. According to Thompson in "Death of a Poet," who had struck out?

4. How much would it cost the narrator to have the tattoo burned off in "Screwjack"?

5. At the beginning of the story, how is Mr. Screwjack described?

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