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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What color was Mr. Screwjack?
(a) Black.
(b) White.
(c) Red.
(d) Yellow.

2. The narrator described his longing for Mr. Screwjack as "wanting him so deep inside me that I will finally feel him coining on the soft red skin of my own __________."
(a) Brain.
(b) Mind.
(c) Soul.
(d) Heart.

3. Thompson wrote that Leach was a junkie for _____________.
(a) Gambling.
(b) Heroin.
(c) Women.
(d) Mass hysteria.

4. In the opening of "Screwjack," the letter is described as having been written how many days before "his" disappearance?
(a) 16.
(b) 21.
(c) 10.
(d) 19.

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

6. What kind of car was in the yard with a "cold silver grille"?
(a) Chrysler.
(b) Ford.
(c) Volvo.
(d) Cadillac.

7. How many years after Mr. Screwjack's disappearance did the narrator encounter him again?
(a) Sven.
(b) Six.
(c) Nine.
(d) Eight.

8. What did Mr. Screwjack give the narrator "under the chin"?
(a) Love bite.
(b) Head job.
(c) Wicked bite.
(d) Purr fest.

9. What does the writer do in the tunnel in the poem which opens "Death of a Poet"?
(a) Sleeps.
(b) Drinks.
(c) Sings.
(d) Cries.

10. What devastated the Duke Estate in "Screwjack"?
(a) The Great Tornado.
(b) The Great Firestorm.
(c) The Great Tsunami.
(d) The Great Earthquake.

11. Where did the car rental employee say she was moving to in "Death of a Poet"?
(a) Milwaukee.
(b) New York.
(c) St. Louis.
(d) Los Angeles.

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

13. At the beginning of the story, how is Mr. Screwjack described?
(a) Loathsome and disgusting.
(b) Rich and famous.
(c) Codependent and scathing.
(d) Independent and wealthy.

14. Thompson was anxious to see ______________and celebrate a victory in "Death of a Poet"?
(a) Gonzo.
(b) Maurice.
(c) Duke.
(d) Leach.

15. Where was the narrator's tattoo located?
(a) His forearm.
(b) His shoulder.
(c) His back.
(d) His chest.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. To whom was the letter written?

3. Who had "gone off to Real Estate School"?

4. What did Thompson believe Leach had done when he saw the woman in the kitchen?

5. The second narrator in "Screwjack" writes that after having been bitten, he "stared down at him very intently from a distance of" how many inches?

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