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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. What magazine in Part 1, Chapter 10 says they want a 50,000 word article from Thompson?
(a) Time.
(b) Newsweek.
(c) Life.
(d) Rolling Stone.
2. Where were Thompson and the lawyer when Thompson’s employer calls them in Part 1, Chapter 1?
(a) In the Polo lounge.
(b) At Thompson’s house.
(c) At the lawyer’s office.
(d) At the golf course.
3. What is in the car Thompson has in Part 1, Chapter 9?
(a) A woman Thompson met at a bar.
(b) Nothing.
(c) Just luggage.
(d) Souvenirs, drugs, alcohol and a gun.
4. What kind of car are Thompson and his lawyer driving to Las Vegas?
(a) A Chevy convertible.
(b) A Dodge Fury.
(c) A Ford pick-up.
(d) A Ford mustang.
5. What kind of job does Thompson have?
(a) He is a banker.
(b) He is a lawyer.
(c) He is a professional gambler.
(d) He sells cars.
Short Answer Questions
1. Who does Thompson say he sees in Baker?
2. Who does Thompson mention when he talks about the long term effects of drug use?
3. What is the correspondent from Life magazine doing in Part 1, Chapter 5 that bothers Thompson?
4. How long was Thompson able to keep his original decision never to use LSD?
5. To what song playing on the jukebox does Thompson have a bad reaction?
Short Essay Questions
1. How does the man in the Harley-Davidson shirt get to the Mint 400 race?
2. What does the attorney think when he and Thompson find the photographer’s key waiting for them?
3. What was the result of Thompson’s encounter with the person in his story about the effects of long-term drug use?
4. What is the thought that finally spurs Thompson to leave Las Vegas in Part I, Chapter 11?
5. Where is Thompson’s lawyer when Thompson decides to leave Las Vegas in Part I, Chapter 9, and what does the lawyer leave with Thompson?
6. What does Thompson do after the attorney threatens people in the elevator in Part I, Chapter 7, and why does the attorney feel so badly?
7. How does Thompson get started on his journey to Las Vegas?
8. What worries Thompson about his and his attorney’s behavior in front of the hitchhiker, and what does Thompson decide to do about it?
9. What do Thompson and his attorney do right before they leave for Las Vegas?
10. Why is Thompson feeling so overwhelmed at the thought of leaving Las Vegas in Part I, Chapter 11?
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