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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What kind of car did the flower children end up getting into in "Mescalito"?

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

3. Thompson wrote about _______________singing White Rabbit in "Mescalito."

4. Thompson wrote he had been chased and tormented by what huge radioactive creatures in the Introduction?

5. What did Thompson write he could do much faster than normal while under the effects of mescaline in "Mescalito"?

Short Essay Questions

1. What did Thompson believe the typewriter indicator looked like in "Mescalito"?

2. Who passed below Thompson's hotel room in "Mescalito"? What interaction did they have?

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

4. How did Thompson attempt to maintain a grip on reality in "Mescalito"? What were his results?

5. What interactions had Thompson had with the Hell's Angels? When was this cited in "Mescalito"?

6. What conflicts did Thompson face in "Mescalito" after his drug trip began?

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

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

9. To what radio station did Thompson vow to send a check? Why?

10. To whom did Thompson make a phone call in "Mescalito"? Why?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe Thompson's letter in the Introduction to Screw-jack. To whom was the author writing? What imagery and events did he detail in the letter?

Essay Topic 2

Describe the conflicts faced by the protagonist in "Mescalito." What was the central conflict Thompson faced in the narrative?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the role that sports betting plays in the narrative of "Death of a Poet." How involved was Hunter S. Thompson in sports betting? What other works discuss it?

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