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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 1: Chapter 9 & 10.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Thompson do to keep the hitchhiker from getting suspicious as to the men’s condition in Part 1?
(a) Thompson pretends to go to sleep.
(b) He turns on the radio so the hitchhiker cannot talk.
(c) He slips the hitchhiker a drug.
(d) He begins an explanation of why he and the lawyer are traveling.

2. Who brings a pink telephone to Thompson in Part 1?
(a) A dwarf.
(b) His sister.
(c) His girlfriend.
(d) A clown.

3. What kind of shirt does the man who talks about physically abusing his wife wear?
(a) A Harley-Davidson shirt.
(b) An Idaho campgrounds shirt.
(c) A Bud light t-shirt.
(d) An American flag t-shirt.

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

5. Where do the journalists go after the race begins?
(a) To the finish line.
(b) Back to their hotels, the race will last about seven hours.
(c) Nowhere.
(d) To the bar at the race track.

Short Answer Questions

1. When are Thompson and the lawyer at the track at the beginning of Part 1, Chapter 5?

2. What does the lawyer do when Thompson does not do what the lawyer has asked upon returning to the hotel room in Part 1, Chapter 7?

3. In Part 1, Chapter 9, what does Thompson read is a main conflict in the United States?

4. What happens to the clerk’s face at the first hotel when Thompson is talking to her in Part 1?

5. Why would the warden in Carson City recognize Thompson?

(see the answer key)

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