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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Pages 224-253.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where was Thompson traveling, in "Slow Day at the Airport?"
(a) Denver.
(b) New York.
(c) Sacramento.
(d) Los Angeles.

2. Where did Thompson wish the Filipino president would be sent, in "Memo from the War Room?"
(a) Vesco Island.
(b) Australia.
(c) Elba Island.
(d) Northern Ireland.

3. Where was Thompson trying to go in "Last Train from Chicago?"
(a) California.
(b) Montreal.
(c) Florida.
(d) New York.

4. Based on whose seeming advice did Thompson place his bet in "Meat Sickness?"
(a) President Reagan's.
(b) Ralph Nader's.
(c) The Pope.
(d) Archbishop Desmond Tutu.

5. A major scandal at what U.S. Embassy took place in "The Losers' Club?"
(a) Mexico City.
(b) Moscow.
(c) New York.
(d) Stockholm.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was the "plunderer" in "Salvage is Not Looting?"

2. In "Lester Maddox Lives," the Supreme Court refused to overturn which anti-sodomy law?

3. Who butchered an ox with Reagan's face on it, in "Ox Butchered in Tripoli?"

4. Thompson believed that who has a chance at the presidential election in "Caligula and the 7 Dwarfs?"

5. What was the name of the Filipino president discussed in "Memo from the War Room?"

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