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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. Where does Paul find an apartment?

2. What is Yeamon suing Lotterman for?

3. On what paper has Sanderson found Paul a job?

4. What do the police accuse the three men of?

5. Who do Paul and Yeamon try to find in town?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Paul arrange after his meeting with Lotterman?

2. What new work does Sanderson have for Paul?

3. How does the policeman react to Chenault's disappearance?

4. Why does Paul decide to let Chenault stay?

5. What does Chapter 13 say about Paul's ambition?

6. Why can Lotterman not pay his workers until Monday?

7. What do Yeamon, Paul and Chenault do the next morning?

8. Describe Chenault's appearance at Paul's apartment in Chapter 17.

9. What does Paul think about Yeamon?

10. What do Paul and Yeamon talk about in Chapter 10?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Identify the main themes of the story. Why do you think these themes are so important to the story? How does Thompson use character and setting to express these themes?

Essay Topic 2

What similarities does the Rum Diary share with Hunter S. Thompson's later work in terms of the following:

1) Style

2) Themes

3) Politics

Essay Topic 3

Choose a character from the novel and discuss how the novel's meaning would change if it were written from his/her point of view.

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