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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part II: Chapter 9 & 10.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Thompson pay for his car in Part II?
(a) With a good credit card.
(b) With a bad credit card.
(c) With cash.
(d) With a voucher from his employer.

2. What does the cook say about the waitress’s thoughts on the American Dream?
(a) She does not understand English well.
(b) She is not correct as to where Thompson should go.
(c) She is right.
(d) She has not lived long in the area and does not know the directions to anything.

3. What does Thompson say they must get before they can leave for Las Vegas?
(a) Cocaine and luggage.
(b) A car and their astrology forecast for predicting their gambling.
(c) A tape recorder, a gun, and some maps.
(d) A car, cocaine and a tape recorder.

4. How did Diane Hamby, whose body is stuffed in a refrigerator, die, according to a newspaper Thompson reads while waiting for his car in Chapter 1, Chapter 9?
(a) An overdose of heroin.
(b) She took an overdose of pills and climbed in the refrigerator.
(c) The cause of death is unknown.
(d) She was murdered.

5. Who, in Part II, Chapter 9, claims the manuscript has become indecipherable?
(a) The attorney.
(b) The literary critic.
(c) The publisher.
(d) The editor.

Short Answer Questions

1. What song is playing on the radio when Thompson takes over the car in Part 1, Chapter 4?

2. Why is Thompson not able to see the race?

3. Under what name is Thompson going in the hotel in Part 1, Chapter 10?

4. What does the short cook in Part II, Chapter 9 give Thompson?

5. What is on the news at the first hotel that disturbs the attorney?

(see the answer key)

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