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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Hunter want to run the first three miles of the marathon?
(a) Jogging.
(b) Power walking.
(c) Cantering.
(d) Sprinting.

2. What kind of drug did Gene smuggle out of Vietnam?
(a) Amphetamine.
(b) Hashish.
(c) Cocaine.
(d) Opium.

3. What do Gene and Ralph argue about?
(a) Painters.
(b) Drugs.
(c) Women.
(d) Soccer.

4. What does Gene dissuade Hunter from doing?
(a) Staying at a cheap hotel.
(b) Taking drugs.
(c) Running in the marathon.
(d) Going back to the Rolling Stone.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What did the women and children do whenever Captain Cook passed them?

2. How does Hunter feel when his firecracker joke goes too far?

3. What kind of captain does Steve say he is?

4. What does Ackerman say he can see from his front porch?

5. Who do Hunter and Gene shout abuse at in this section?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the opening setting in the Fire and Nuts chapter?

2. How do the police calm Hunter's fears in this section?

3. How does Hunter S. Thompson come in possession of a Samoan War Club?

4. Why does Twain think the Hawaiians thought Lono Captain Cook was Lono?

5. How were the makahiki games founded?

6. Why does Thompson apply aloe mush to Ralph's back?

7. Describe Ralph's drawing at the end of this section.

8. How does Hunter try to help Ralph's sleeping problems in this section?

9. What do Gene and Hunter talk about in the car?

10. What do Hawaiians believe about Pele?

(see the answer keys)

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