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

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

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

4. Who had "gone off to Real Estate School"?
(a) Mama.
(b) Herman.
(c) Paul.
(d) Daddy.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What had Thompson and his friend recently bet on in "Death of a Poet"?

2. Where did Mr. Screwjack try to coax the narrator after dinner?

3. When did the car rental employee say she was going to move in "Death of a Poet"?

4. What did the narrator do just before throwing Mr. Screwjack into the cold?

5. The woman in the kitchen in "Death of a Poet" was ___________.

Short Essay Questions

1. Who "wrote" the opening chapter of "Screwjack"? What exposition is revealed here?

2. How did Duke's pleas to God change in "Screwjack"?

3. How did Leach introduce "Jennifer" in "Death of a Poet"?

4. Who is described in the beginning of the letter in "Screwjack"?

5. How long was Screwjack gone before returning to Duke? What was he like?

6. What did Screwjack do to the second narrator?

7. What did Screwjack do in the ending of the narrative?

8. Describe briefly the career of Hunter S. Thompson. For what genre of journalism was he known?

9. What lines open "Death of a Poet"? To whom are they attributed?

10. Describe the use of imagery in "Death of a Poet." What images are symbolic in the story? How?

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