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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. What does the barman not agree to?

2. Where does Sala have a freelance job in this chapter?

3. Who upsets Sala in this chapter?

4. Where does Pual decide to go instead of interrupting the couple?

5. What does Paul drink as soon as he gets off the plane?

Short Essay Questions

1. What kind of people like to drink at Al's bar?

2. Describe the internal problems at the newspaper.

3. Describe the San Juan News.

4. What does Sala tell Paul at Al's?

5. What does Paul do on his first day at the newspaper?

6. Why does Paul give Yeaman and Sala a bad impression?

7. What does Paul do in Yeaman's house in Chapter 3?

8. What does Paul do on his first night in San Juan?

9. Summarize Chapter 3.

10. What do Paul, Sala and the girls do on the beach?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Though the novel was written in the 1960s, it was not published until 1998. Why do you think Hunter S. Thompson found it so difficult to find a publisher for the novel in the Sixties? What changes do you think he would have to make to the book to get it published in the Sixties? Why do you think the book was more publishable in the late Nineties?

Essay Topic 2

What role did Americans play in Puerto Rican life in the Fifties? Why was Puerto Rico such an attractive place for Americans to go to in the Fifties? How has American tourism and American culture changed Puerto Rico?

Essay Topic 3

Pick a character from the novel and discuss his/her goals and motives. Does he/she achieve his/her motive? Does he/she share similar goals and motives with other characters? Do his/her goals clash with other characters? How do the character's goals and motives affect his/her interactions with each other?

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