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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Screwjack.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Whom did Thompson call, asking him to bring beer in "Mescalito"?
(a) Sing-li.
(b) Oscar.
(c) Paulie.
(d) Estes.

2. What color are Mr. Screwjack's eyes?
(a) Yellow.
(b) Green.
(c) Blue.
(d) Brown.

3. How many years after Mr. Screwjack's disappearance did the narrator encounter him again?
(a) Nine.
(b) Eight.
(c) Sven.
(d) Six.

4. In "Mescalito," Thompson described his typewriter arrow "jumping along like a ___ in one of those sing-along movie shorts, bouncing from word to word with the music."
(a) Zero.
(b) Pill.
(c) Face.
(d) Note.

5. While waiting for Oscar in "Mescalito," how many hours did Thompson have to catch a plane?
(a) Five.
(b) Two.
(c) One.
(d) Three.

Short Answer Questions

1. What initials close the letter in "Screwjack"?

2. What did Thompson creep across the room to get to help with the sunlight in "Mescalito"?

3. To whom was the letter written?

4. Thompson wrote in the Introduction that it was as though in a previous life he had been a ______________.

5. Thompson wrote he had been chased and tormented by what huge radioactive creatures in the Introduction?

(see the answer key)

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