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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part II: Chapter 5 & 6.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do Thompson and the attorney ultimately do with the girl the attorney brought with him to the Hotel Flamingo?
(a) Turn her over to the authorities.
(b) Take her to the Circus-Circus.
(c) Drop her off in the airport lobby.
(d) Nothing, she leaves after Thompson gets there.

2. What does Thompson do while he is drinking at the end of Part 1, Chapter 5?
(a) Watch a baseball game on the bar television.
(b) Talk to his mom on the phone.
(c) Try to pick-up a female reporter.
(d) Take notes on what he has seen.

3. What is the effect of the drug Thompson takes in Part II, Chapter 5?
(a) He falls into a state of paralysis.
(b) There is not a big effect.
(c) He falls asleep.
(d) He becomes manic for hours.

4. For what does Thompson tell the hitchhiker he and the lawyer are searching?
(a) He does not tell the hitchhiker anything, he is pretending to sleep.
(b) A new hometown for Thompson.
(c) Thompson's son.
(d) The American Dream.

5. What is the name of the bar in which Thompson is sitting on the outskirts of Las Vegas, in the beginning of Part 1, Chapter 11?
(a) Red Slot Pub.
(b) Las Vegas Drinks.
(c) Wild Bill’s Café.
(d) Mile’s Slots and Beer.

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

2. Why is Thompson worried about his role in the narcotics conference?

3. What does Thompson think, in the beginning of Chapter 12, is a real possibility for him?

4. 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?

5. What do Thompson and the attorney find out when they return to their suite after dealing with the girl the attorney brought to the Hotel Flamingo?

(see the answer key)

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