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

2. What does the lawyer do when he begins to feel the effects of the mescaline in Part 1, Chapter 6?
(a) He passes out.
(b) He panics.
(c) He gets up on the stage.
(d) He throws up.

3. What does Thompson have in his hand as he waits for the police officer to come to his car in Part 1, Chapter 12?
(a) A beer.
(b) An I.D. that says he is a doctor.
(c) His license.
(d) A press pass.

4. What does Thompson think, in the beginning of Chapter 12, is a real possibility for him?
(a) Having a physical and mental breakdown.
(b) Not being able to stay in Las Vegas.
(c) Having his wife gone when he gets home.
(d) Being stopped by a police officer.

5. Why does the attorney run a red light in Part 1, Chapter 4?
(a) He has fallen into a drug coma.
(b) He does not see the light.
(c) He is being chased by a police officer.
(d) He wants to get to the restaurant before six.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is on the news at the first hotel that disturbs the attorney?

3. How long was Thompson able to keep his original decision never to use LSD?

4. Who brings a pink telephone to Thompson in Part 1?

5. To what song playing on the jukebox does Thompson have a bad reaction?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Thompson notice about other journalists at the Mint 400, and how does he feel about what he sees?

2. Why and how does the hitchhiker leave the car that the attorney is driving?

3. Why does Thompson decide to leave Las Vegas in Part I, Chapter 9?

4. 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?

5. What was the result of Thompson’s encounter with the person in his story about the effects of long-term drug use?

6. What does Thompson tell the lawyer they must do when they get to their room in the first hotel they stay at in Las Vegas?

7. What worries Thompson about his and his attorney’s behavior in front of the hitchhiker, and what does Thompson decide to do about it?

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

9. What seems to change Thompson’s plans to leave Las Vegas in Part I?

10. What is waiting for Thompson at Hotel Flamingo in Part I, Chapter 10, and what does Thompson decide to do about the telegram he receives?

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