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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who did the sheriff arrest in the altercation between Dirty Ed and the teenagers?

2. The Hell's Angels Thompson spoke to said that these 'smugglers' from #148 _____________.

3. The preacher at the funeral of the Hell's Angel told the crowd that God wouldn't tolerate ________.

4. Indentured servants sold themselves into __________ to travel to colonial America.

5. What was apparently defeated as a huge group of motorcycles flew by Thompson and the others as they sat?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happened when the beer ran out during the Bass Lake trip?

2. How does Thompson describe the Hell's Angels in relation to their feeling of being drifters?

3. How did the Hell's Angels interact with the new counter culture that was emerging in the society?

4. What is the media's opinion of the Hell's Angels and their perception of rape?

5. Who does Thompson suggest were the first drifters in the New World?

6. Why don't the Hell's Angels ever attend the annual American Motorcycle Association rally?

7. Why did the Hell's Angels like pharmaceutical drugs so much?

8. What happened to Dirty Ed when he was riding around the Bass Lake town area?

9. What is supposed to be the main drug that the Hell's Angels were trafficking and selling?

10. What did the preacher tell the Hell's Angels at the funeral for one of their own?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Thompson wonders whether the Hell's Angels are just another group of classic drifters in the world.

Part 1: Why do you think indentured servants are considered by Thompson to be the first drifters in the world?

Part 2: Why do you think the Hell's Angels could be considered drifters?

Part 3: Why do you think the drifting lifestyle is coveted? What makes it something to strive for?

Essay Topic 2

The perception of the Hell's Angels varied from one group of people to the next, causing them to be a sort of mystery.

Part 1: Why do you think the police had such a negative perception of the Hell's Angels?

Part 2: Why do you think Thompson found the Hell's Angels to be less mythical than others did?

Part 3: Why do you think the Hell's Angels were so mysterious?

Essay Topic 3

In the case of the Monterey rape, no evidence was found to support the accusations of rape.

Part 1: What do you think happened during the Monterey Hell's Angels gathering?

Part 2: Do you think the women were actually raped? Why or why not?

Part 3: Why might the alleged victims have lied about being raped if they indeed lied?

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