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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the tunnel made of in the poem which opens "Death of a Poet"?
(a) Water.
(b) Ice.
(c) Fire.
(d) Stone.

2. Upon what had the narrator drooled, according to his prayer in "Screwjack"?
(a) Altars.
(b) Screwjack.
(c) High Priests.
(d) Prison walls.

3. What did Leach tell Thompson he was about to do when he arrived?
(a) Slit his wrists.
(b) Make breakfast.
(c) Go to the store.
(d) Take a shower.

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

5. 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) Monster.
(b) Lover.
(c) Tomcat.
(d) Panther.

6. What had Thompson and his friend recently bet on in "Death of a Poet"?
(a) The Stanley Cup.
(b) The World Cup.
(c) The Superbowl.
(d) The Kentucky Derby.

7. What was the title of the 1992 Rolling Stone article by Hunter S. Thompson in which F. X. Leach also appeared?
(a) Fear and Loathing in Elko.
(b) Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas.
(c) Generation of Swine.
(d) Fear and Loathing on the Campaign Trail.

8. What had Leach been drinking when he changed his bet?
(a) Schnapps.
(b) Vodka.
(c) Whiskey.
(d) Gin.

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

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

11. According to the narrator, where did someone go after Real Estate School?
(a) Los Angeles.
(b) El Centro.
(c) New York.
(d) Sacramento.

12. Which car did the woman at the car rental counter tell Thompson to take?
(a) The blue car.
(b) Any car he wanted.
(c) The yellow Volkswagen.
(d) The Neon sedan.

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

14. The woman in the kitchen in "Death of a Poet" was ___________.
(a) Leach's mistress.
(b) A blow-up doll.
(c) Leach's wife.
(d) Thompson's sister.

15. In what city was Thompson in "Death of a Poet"?
(a) Los Angeles.
(b) San Francisco.
(c) Green Bay.
(d) Denver.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the narrator describe as having been so loud it made them both tremble when Mr. Screwjack was thrown out?

2. From where did the second narrator receive a call full of political news in "Screwjack"?

3. 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 __________."

4. Where had Leach gone that led him to change his bet?

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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