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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Thompson was anxious about _____________coming into his hotel room in "Mescalito."
(a) A maid.
(b) His mother.
(c) His boss.
(d) Oscar.

3. What is the date of the third entry in "Mescalito"?
(a) February 18-19.
(b) February 21.
(c) February 20.
(d) March 14.

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

5. In "Mescalito," what did Thompson describe as "wily old"?
(a) Charwoman.
(b) Super.
(c) Troll.
(d) Wolf-bat.

Short Answer Questions

1. When did Thompson write that "it started" in his letter in the Introduction?

2. Who was a civil rights activist, a leader of the American civil rights movement of the 1940s, '50s and '60s, and the initiator and organizer of the 1961 Freedom Ride which eventually led to the desegregation of interstate busing in the United states?

3. What time did Thompson write it was at the beginning of his second entry of "Mescalito"?

4. Whom did Thompson describe on Face the Nation 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 __________.

Short Essay Questions

1. How did Thompson feel about the hotel workers in "Mescalito"?

2. What did Thompson describe embedded in the carpet of his room in "Mescalito"? What had it reminded him of?

3. How did Thompson describe the imagery as he began to peak? What did the typewriter look like?

4. What happened to Thompson's concentration as the trip continued?

5. What happened to the flower children in "Mescalito"?

6. What metaphor did Thompson made in describing his brain while tripping?

7. Who was James Farmer? Why was he on the news in "Mescalito"?

8. How did Thompson describe his overwhelmed existence in "Mescalito"?

9. What comparisons did Thompson make between acid and mescaline?

10. What was the setting of "Mescalito"? Where was Thompson as the story began?

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