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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does the attorney pull the car off the road in Part 1, Chapter 3?
(a) He pretends the car is broken.
(b) He wants something to eat.
(c) He is pretending to have a heart attack.
(d) He is getting sleepy.

2. What does the hitchhiker do when the attorney pulls the car off the road in Part 1, Chapter 3?
(a) Makes the lawyer a sandwich.
(b) Takes over driving.
(c) Flees into the desert.
(d) Gives the lawyer a cup of coffee.

3. Why was Thompson almost arrested in Part 1?
(a) He yells about reptiles in the hotel lobby.
(b) He did not pay for his drinks in the bar.
(c) He hit the lawyer.
(d) He relieved himself in the hotel lobby's planter.

4. Under what name is Thompson going in the hotel in Part 1, Chapter 10?
(a) Bobby Therman.
(b) Duke Jameson.
(c) Patrick Hardy.
(d) Raoul Duke.

5. What song is playing on the radio when Thompson takes over the car in Part 1, Chapter 4?
(a) "The Battle Hymn of Lieutenant Calley."
(b) “One Tin Soldier.”
(c) “Give Peace a Chance.”
(d) “The Eve of Destruction.”

Short Answer Questions

1. Over what do Thompson and the lawyer get into an argument after the lawyer pulls the car over to the side of the road?

2. What kind of race is the Mint 400?

3. What does Thompson do while he is waiting for his car to be brought to him in Part 1, Chapter 9?

4. What highway runs from Las Vegas to Los Angeles?

5. What kind of job does Thompson have?

Short Essay Questions

1. Where does Thompson and his lawyer go for a show after leaving the Mint 400, and what happens there? What do they do after that?

2. What does Thompson do to see the race better, and what does he do when that fails?

3. How does Thompson get started on his journey to Las Vegas?

4. What does Thompson say he and his attorney must do to prepare for the trip to Las Vegas?

5. What does Thompson decide to do when the attorney goes into a panic in the Circus-Circus?

6. What does Thompson realize after the attorney pulls a gun on him in Part I, Chapter 3?

7. What happens when Thompson and the lawyer attempt to check into the first hotel they stay at in Las Vegas?

8. What does the attorney think when he and Thompson find the photographer’s key waiting for them?

9. How does the man in the Harley-Davidson shirt get to the Mint 400 race?

10. What bothers Thompson about the newspaper he is reading while waiting for his car to be brought to him in Part I, Chapter 9?

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