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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who did Thompson make a phone call to, in "The Death Ship?"
(a) James Skawinski.
(b) Lowell Harrelson.
(c) Andrew Jackson.
(d) Alexander Williams.

2. In "Ronald Reagan is Doomed," Thompson wrote that people were already fleeing the Reagan Administration because of what?
(a) Chirnobyl disaster.
(b) Watergate scandal.
(c) Gary Hart scandal.
(d) Iran-Contra scandal.

3. Who was the head of the CIA during the time the book was written?
(a) William Casey.
(b) Wiliam Meese.
(c) Ed Meese.
(d) Andrew Casey.

4. Who was Reagan's new Supreme Court nominee in "Here Come de Judge?"
(a) Robert Bork.
(b) Andrew McWarren.
(c) Richard Ensler.
(d) James Wilson.

5. Thompson wrote that if Oliver North wanted to avoid prison, he would have to indict who in "Ollie's Choice?"
(a) Meese or Bush.
(b) Bush or Reagan.
(c) Meese or Anders.
(d) Reagan or Meese.

6. Who saw the scandals as a witch hunt against Ronald Reagan, in "God Bless Colonel North?"
(a) Nancy Reagan.
(b) Geoge Bush.
(c) Ed Meese.
(d) Patrick Buchanan.

7. Who did Thompson remind that Oliver North supplied the Iranians with arms in "It was You, Charlie?"
(a) Marie.
(b) Skinner.
(c) Richard.
(d) Crazy Bob.

8. Thompson wrote that no press secretary had truly been good since either Pierre Salinger under Kennedy or who at the beginning of Reagan's first term?
(a) Ed Meese.
(b) Marlin Fitzwater.
(c) Robert McFarlane.
(d) Jim Brady.

9. Who celebrated wildly after the Gary Hart scandal, according to Thompson, in "A Wild and Crazy Guy?"
(a) Haig.
(b) Biden.
(c) Reagan.
(d) Bush.

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

11. Who did Thompson believe would likely go to prison in Fort Leavenworth, in "The Lord and a Good Lawyer?"
(a) Jesse Jackson.
(b) Patrick Buchanan.
(c) Oliver North.
(d) George Bush.

12. Who was the only person Thompson saw who could have benefited from the Iran-Contra scandal?
(a) Ed Meese.
(b) Oliver North.
(c) George Bush.
(d) Ronald Reagan.

13. What happened to Reagan's veto on sanctions in South Africa, in "Loose Cannon on the Deck?"
(a) It is enacted.
(b) It is rejected.
(c) It is overruled.
(d) It is dead in the water.

14. Who was likely to go on trial, in "The American Dream?"
(a) Oliver North.
(b) George Bush.
(c) Joe Biden.
(d) Ronald Reagan.

15. What was the home state of President Richard Nixon?
(a) California.
(b) Arizona.
(c) Washington.
(d) Maine.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What did Thompson compare the Iran-Contra scandal to, in "Gone with the Wind?"

3. Who called Thompson, in "The Other George Bush?"

4. What Democratic Senator did Thompson attack in "The Losers' Club?"

5. Who was the new White House Press Secretary in "New Blood on the Tracks?"

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