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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Adventures in the Dumb Life and Fire in the Nuts.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who wrote Naulahka?
(a) Mark Twain.
(b) Rudyard Kipling.
(c) O.Henry.
(d) Knut Hansun.

2. What has Skinner been hired as for the Honolulu Marathon?
(a) A photographer.
(b) A starter.
(c) A soundman.
(d) A writer.

3. Who meets Thompson at the airport?
(a) Ralph Steadman.
(b) Jack Ackerman.
(c) Gene Skinner.
(d) Lester Bangs.

4. From which city does Hunter Thompson leave for Hawaii?
(a) Chicago.
(b) Los Angeles.
(c) San Francisco.
(d) New York.

5. Whose two paintings open the book?
(a) Ralph Steadman's.
(b) Captain Cook's.
(c) Hunter Thompson's.
(d) Jackson Pollock's.

Short Answer Questions

1. What two sports did Lono seek solace in after he killed his wife?

2. What do the Hawaiians call the current stormy weather?

3. What does Hunter think could inflame Hawaii's racial tension?

4. Who did Lono slay in a moment of anger?

5. Who did the Hawaiians famously mistake to be their God Lono?

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