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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Mescalito, Pages 30 through 39.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How much beer did Thompson have to conserve while waiting for Oscar to arrive in "Mescalito"?
(a) Two beers.
(b) A six-pack.
(c) A half-beer.
(d) An inch.

2. What kind of beer was Thompson drinking during his mescaline trip in "Mescalito"?
(a) Pabst.
(b) Coors.
(c) Corona.
(d) Budweiser.

3. What did Thompson write "is all that matters--except for the horrible scars" in the Introduction?
(a) Mescaline.
(b) Decadence.
(c) Escape.
(d) Redemption.

4. What were the police and ambulances scrambling toward as Thompson watched in the beginning of "Mescalito"?
(a) Studio 54.
(b) The L.A. Club.
(c) Whiskytown Go Go.
(d) Whisky-a-Go-Go.

5. Who had a twenty-fifth-floor Hilton suite in "Mescalito"?
(a) James Farmer.
(b) Hubert Humphrey.
(c) Richard Nixon.
(d) George Herman.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Thompson, to the flower children in "Mescalito" he must have been seen as just another ________________.

2. What did Thompson consider mixing with ice fragments to drink in "Mescalito"?

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

4. According to Thompson, how high above his feet was his head while tripping in "Mescalito"?

5. What kind of credit card did Thompson use for payment at the liquor store in "Mescalito"?

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