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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. Mr. Screwjack left "across the woodpile and through that shadowy hole between" what kind of tree?

2. Who called on the telephone for the second narrator in "Screwjack"?

3. What color are Mr. Screwjack's eyes?

4. Who was a friend of F. X. Leach in a 1992 Rolling Stone article by Hunter S. Thompson?

5. What had the second narrator been doing with the cat just moments before in "Screwjack"?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the individual, F.X. Leach. What was his occupation? How did the narrator of "Death of a Poet" know him?

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

3. What was the significance of the bet in "Death of a Poet"?

4. What did Leach do at the end of "Death of a Poet"?

5. What was the critical and public reaction to the collection of stories in Screw-jack?

6. What did the second narrator do to Screwjack?

7. What happened when Duke threw Screwjack out?

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

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

10. What other work had Thompson written centering on the character F.X. Leach?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe Thompson's interaction with the employee at the car rental station in "Death of a Poet." What does this interaction show the protagonist to be?

Essay Topic 2

Describe the character of F. X. Leach in "Death of a Poet." In what other works had Thompson used Leach? What plot similarities were there?

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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