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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. What is printed on the t-shirts of every runner that finishes the marathon?
(a) Finisher.
(b) Super.
(c) Achiever.
(d) Winner.
2. Why does Gene think it is a bad idea to participate in the marathon?
(a) He won't be able to write anything.
(b) The runners are too fast.
(c) Thompson is not fit enough.
(d) It is an ultra marathon.
3. What does the gift shop suggest Hunter buys?
(a) A set of knives.
(b) An axe.
(c) A tea towel.
(d) A war club.
4. What does Gene kill on the way to the hotel?
(a) A child.
(b) A hyena.
(c) A cat.
(d) A dog.
5. What is annoying Ralph about Hunter?
(a) His sarcasm.
(b) His lack of a work ethic.
(c) His drug intake.
(d) His football obsession.
6. What two sports did Lono seek solace in after he killed his wife?
(a) Wrestling and boxing.
(b) Football and fishing.
(c) Baseball and basketball.
(d) Karate and yoga.
7. What does Hunter give Ralph to eat when he can't sleep?
(a) An aloe plant.
(b) Valerian root.
(c) Chocolate.
(d) Liquorice.
8. What kind of captain does Steve say he is?
(a) A captain to abuse.
(b) A captain of the world.
(c) A captain for hire.
(d) A captain of life.
9. What is the name of the Hawaiian God?
(a) Cook.
(b) Leaper.
(c) Tono.
(d) Lono.
10. Who meets Thompson at the airport?
(a) Lester Bangs.
(b) Gene Skinner.
(c) Ralph Steadman.
(d) Jack Ackerman.
11. What event did the Running Magazine ask Thompson to cover?
(a) The New York Marathon.
(b) The Kipling Cake Race.
(c) The Honolulu Marathon.
(d) The Captain Cook Boat Race.
12. What is the title of the third chapter?
(a) Fire in the Nuts.
(b) Fishing Without a Rod.
(c) Adventures in the Dumb Libe.
(d) Namely Me.
13. Who did the Hawaiians famously mistake to be their God Lono?
(a) Captain Cook.
(b) Hunter Thompson.
(c) Mark Twain.
(d) Rudyard Kipling.
14. What kind of drug did Gene smuggle out of Vietnam?
(a) Opium.
(b) Cocaine.
(c) Amphetamine.
(d) Hashish.
15. From which city does Hunter Thompson leave for Hawaii?
(a) Los Angeles.
(b) New York.
(c) San Francisco.
(d) Chicago.
Short Answer Questions
1. What has Skinner been hired as for the Honolulu Marathon?
2. Whose letters are printed in the book?
3. What is the job of Hunter's neighbor in Kona?
4. What is the bloodied runner said to be hitting in the picture?
5. What does Kipling warn westerners not to do in Naulahka?
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