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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 day does Paul arrange to meet Yeamon and Chenault?

2. What has Lotterman found out about?

3. What does Moberg use to pay the bond?

4. Who shows up at Paul's apartment?

5. What has been taken from Sala's car?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Sanderson help Paul and his friends in Chapter 8?

2. Describe Paul's time at the police station.

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

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

5. What upsets Paul at the beginning of Chapter 10?

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

7. What does Paul think about his stay on the island?

8. What new work does Sanderson have for Paul?

9. Describe Paul's visit to Vieques with Zimburger.

10. Why does Paul decide to let Chenault stay?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Why do you think Paul Kemp decided to go to Puerto Rico? What can he do in Puerto Rico that he cannot do in America?

Essay Topic 2

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 3

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?

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