View a FREE sample

This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What kind of accommodation do Hunter and Ralph find at the retreat?
(a) Tents.
(b) Shacks.
(c) Houses.
(d) Cabins.

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

3. What does Hunter give Ralph to eat when he can't sleep?
(a) Chocolate.
(b) Valerian root.
(c) Liquorice.
(d) An aloe plant.

4. What does Hunter compare the runner's footfalls to?
(a) A gun's silencer.
(b) The bang of an old revolver.
(c) A whispering engine.
(d) Thunder.

5. What event did the Running Magazine ask Thompson to cover?
(a) The Captain Cook Boat Race.
(b) The Honolulu Marathon.
(c) The New York Marathon.
(d) The Kipling Cake Race.

6. What is printed on the t-shirts of every runner that finishes the marathon?
(a) Super.
(b) Finisher.
(c) Achiever.
(d) Winner.

7. How does Hunter describe the social behavior his son sees?
(a) Ugly.
(b) Fun.
(c) A good experience.
(d) Soul destroying.

8. Where is Hunter when a wave carries him off?
(a) The garage.
(b) The front porch.
(c) The swimming pool.
(d) His bed.

9. What sporting season does Hunter say is now over?
(a) Basketball.
(b) Football.
(c) Track and Field.
(d) Baseball.

10. What does Hunter put on Ralph's back to stop the swelling?
(a) Strawberry jam.
(b) Savalon.
(c) The aloe mush.
(d) Sea weed.

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

12. What do the police say will alert them of large waves?
(a) A Rescue Alert siren.
(b) A Blitz siren.
(c) A police siren.
(d) A Civil Defense siren.

13. What is the title of the third chapter?
(a) Adventures in the Dumb Libe.
(b) Namely Me.
(c) Fishing Without a Rod.
(d) Fire in the Nuts.

14. What does Hunter say drove him out of retirement?
(a) Frustration.
(b) Money.
(c) Love.
(d) Boredom.

15. Who is drowning in Ralph's picture at the end of this section?
(a) Ackerman.
(b) Reagan.
(c) Hunter.
(d) Ralph.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Gene disappointed to hear that Hunter does not have?

2. What ii the nationality of the woman massaging Ralph's back?

3. What is the name of the sexual volcanic goddess?

4. What is the name of the first chapter in this section?

5. What room do Ralph and his family sleep in?

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 362 words (approx. 2 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample