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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the Hotel Falmingo maid’s reaction to the attorney in Part II, Chapter 11?
(a) She asks him if he needs a doctor.
(b) She screams.
(c) She turns red, embarrassed to see him in the bath.
(d) Nothing.

2. Why is the person in line ahead of Thompson at the Hotel Flamingo arguing with the hotel desk clerk?
(a) He wanted a king sized bed.
(b) They are not arguing.
(c) His reservation is late.
(d) He wants an extra bed for his daughter.

3. What does the waitress call the American Dream?
(a) The Democracy Institute.
(b) The poor man's comfort.
(c) Nothing.
(d) The Psychiatrist’s Club.

4. What does the attorney advise Thompson to do in Part II, Chapter 5?
(a) Take a hit of LSD.
(b) Swallow two mescalines.
(c) Smoke some marijuana.
(d) Take a hit of adrenochrome.

5. Where is the DA from that Thompson and the attorney talk to in the bar?
(a) Arizona.
(b) Georgia.
(c) Florida.
(d) Mississippi.

6. What is Thompson wearing at the beginning of Part II, Chapter 6?
(a) Torn blue jeans and a flannel shirt.
(b) Wingtips and sport coat.
(c) A Neru shirt and black pants.
(d) Shorts and a Hawaiian shirt.

7. In Part II, what car does the man at the car rental booth recommend?
(a) A jeep.
(b) A Lincoln Continental.
(c) A Mercedes.
(d) A cadillac.

8. What does the waitress think the American Dream might be?
(a) A type of political manipulation.
(b) A place.
(c) A fable.
(d) A book.

9. What does Thompson tell the Hotel Flamingo desk clerk about Lucy?
(a) She is a run away.
(b) She is part of a case study for the drug seminar.
(c) She works there.
(d) She is jail bait.

10. How is the girl with the attorney feeling when Thompson comes into their room at the Hotel Flamingo?
(a) Terrified.
(b) Depressed.
(c) Nervous and tense.
(d) Tired.

11. 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?
(a) The police are going to run drug dogs through the hotel.
(b) The magazine has called for the work Thompson was supposed to send.
(c) The seminar is starting that evening.
(d) The girl, Lucy, has called them.

12. How is Thompson treated when he steps around the argument in the lobby and jumps ahead at the Hotel Flamingo?
(a) He is ignored.
(b) He is treated like a VIP.
(c) He is arrested.
(d) He is sent out of the hotel.

13. What does the attorney tell Thompson could happen if Thompson struggles against the effects of the drug in Part II, Chapter 5?
(a) Brain damage.
(b) The drugs wear off faster.
(c) The drugs wear off slower.
(d) A bad trip.

14. How much money do the two drug dealers in jail in Part II, Chapter 10 have between them?
(a) $110,000.
(b) $120,000.
(c) $100,000.
(d) $130,000.

15. What does Thompson decide to do after talking with the Hotel Flamingo desk clerk in Part II, Chapter 4?
(a) Go to another hotel.
(b) Leave Las Vegas.
(c) Attend the seminar that night.
(d) Get the attorney to leave Las Vegas.

Short Answer Questions

1. By what name does the narrator go?

2. What does Thompson do about the Hotel Flamingo maid in Part II, Chapter 11?

3. What kind of art does the girl with the attorney in the Hotel Flamingo room do?

4. Where does Thompson abandon the Red Shark?

5. What crime do Thompson and the attorney tell the DA they speak to in the bar is sweeping the country?

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