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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Pages 162-194.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Thompson write would eventually cover all of Utah, in "They All Drowned?"
(a) The Pacific Ocean.
(b) The Mississippi River.
(c) Great Salt Lake.
(d) A glacier.

2. Who was divorcing his wife, in "Let the Good Times Roll?"
(a) The Tunisian President.
(b) The French President.
(c) The Israeli President.
(d) The British Prime Minister.

3. Thompson believed that who had a lesser chance of winning the election because he encouraged the Saudi Arabian government to raise oil prices?
(a) George Bush.
(b) Gary Hart.
(c) Michael Dukakis.
(d) Joe Biden.

4. What did Thompson kill, in "A Death in the Family?"
(a) A fox.
(b) A goose.
(c) A chicken.
(d) A deer.

5. Who did Thompson hope would send him to South Africa in "The Worst People in the World?"
(a) The Sun.
(b) The Examiner.
(c) The Chronicle.
(d) The Post.

Short Answer Questions

1. What event did Thompson attend, in "A Clean, Ill-Lighted Place?"

2. Who saw the scandals as a witch hunt against Ronald Reagan, in "God Bless Colonel North?"

3. In "Last Train from Chicago," Thompson met a man who claimed to be friends with whom?

4. Where was Thompson at the beginning of "Strictly Business?"

5. Where did Thompson live during the writing of Generation of Swine?

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