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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the narrator describe as having been so loud it made them both tremble when Mr. Screwjack was thrown out?
(a) His sign.
(b) His purr.
(c) His growl.
(d) His meow.

2. According to the narrator, where did someone go after Real Estate School?
(a) Los Angeles.
(b) Sacramento.
(c) El Centro.
(d) New York.

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

4. Where did Mr. Screwjack try to coax the narrator after dinner?
(a) To the living room.
(b) To the bedroom.
(c) Outside.
(d) To the kitchen.

5. Thompson wrote he had been chased and tormented by what huge radioactive creatures in the Introduction?
(a) Bobcats.
(b) Tigers.
(c) Red foxes.
(d) Horses.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does the writer sleep in the poem which opens "Death of a Poet"?

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

3. What kind of music did Thompson describe on the radio while tripping in "Mescalito"?

4. What station did Thompson promise to send a check to in "Mescalito"?

5. What color are Mr. Screwjack's eyes?

(see the answer key)

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