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Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which team did Leach bet on in "Death of a Poet"?
(a) Seattle Seahawks.
(b) Dallas Cowboys.
(c) Kansas City Chiefs.
(d) Green Bay Packers.

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

3. What park did Thompson feel he was looking at in "Mescalito"?
(a) Central Park.
(b) Cauley Park.
(c) Grant Park.
(d) Bryant Park.

4. Leach told Thompson in "Death of a Poet" that he had changed his bet, gotten drunk, and ________________.
(a) Tripled the bet.
(b) Doubled up.
(c) Canceled the bet.
(d) Sold his car.

5. Which airline was mentioned in connection with the following quote: "Xerox copy with author's notes of yesterday's program..."?
(a) Delta Airlines.
(b) U.S. Airlines.
(c) Continental Airlines.
(d) American Airlines.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. In "Mescalito," what was "adjusting to this new stimulus like an old soldier ambushed and panicked for a moment"?

4. To whom is the letter in the Introduction addressed?

5. What veteran CBS journalist did Thompson describe as being condescending in "Mescalito"?

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