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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. When was the Duke Estate destroyed?
(a) 1979.
(b) 1975.
(c) 1989.
(d) 1988.
2. The people would come to collect Leach's debt by _____________.
(a) Tomorrow morning.
(b) Midnight.
(c) Tomorrow at noon.
(d) Next week.
3. The dawn in the beginning of "Screwjack" is described as cold and ____________.
(a) Sunny.
(b) Gloomy.
(c) Sunless.
(d) Wet.
4. What color was Mr. Screwjack?
(a) Yellow.
(b) Black.
(c) Red.
(d) White.
5. Which team did Thompson bet on in "Death of a Poet"?
(a) Seattle Seahawks.
(b) Dallas Cowboys.
(c) Kansas City Chiefs.
(d) Green Bay Packers.
Short Answer Questions
1. What initials close the letter in "Screwjack"?
2. 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?
3. Upon what had the narrator drooled, according to his prayer in "Screwjack"?
4. Where was the narrator's tattoo located?
5. In the closing of his letter, whom did the narrator ask the Lord to keep off his back?
Short Essay Questions
1. What other work had Thompson written centering on the character F.X. Leach?
2. Describe briefly the career of Hunter S. Thompson. For what genre of journalism was he known?
3. What was the critical and public reaction to the collection of stories in Screw-jack?
4. Who is described in the beginning of the letter in "Screwjack"?
5. How is the narrative style of "Screwjack" similar to the other stories in the collection? How does it differ?
6. What did Duke write to the Lord in "Screwjack"?
7. What did Screwjack do in the ending of the narrative?
8. What did the second narrator do to Screwjack?
9. What happened when Duke threw Screwjack out?
10. Where had the narrator arrived in "Death of a Poet"? What did he see upon arrival?
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