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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Death of a Poet.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to Thompson, "Singer sewing time is ____ minutes until eight o'clock."
(a) Twenty.
(b) Thirty.
(c) Ten.
(d) Fifteen.

2. What time did Thompson write it was at the beginning of his second entry of "Mescalito"?
(a) 2:30.
(b) 4:30.
(c) 12:30.
(d) 1:30.

3. Thompson wrote that ___________ was "keeping me on my rails, without it I'd be completely adrift and weird" in "Mescalito"?
(a) The radio.
(b) The telephone.
(c) The television.
(d) The typewriter.

4. To whom is the letter in the Introduction addressed?
(a) Paulo.
(b) Stu.
(c) Maurice.
(d) Cleveland.

5. What did Leach throw at Thompson in the kitchen?
(a) A loaf of bread.
(b) The doll.
(c) A knife.
(d) A gun.

Short Answer Questions

1. Thompson wrote that Leach was a junkie for _____________.

2. In "Mescalito," Thompson described his drug trip as "a buzzing without noise, high-speed vibrations and more ___________."

3. How many flower children walked below Thompson's window and waved at him in "Mescalito"?

4. In "Mescalito" Thompson wrote, "Yesterday a dope freak tried to steal the Goodyear blimp and take it to ______________."

5. How much beer did Thompson have left, although it was too early to call for more, in "Mescalito"?

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