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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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) Pill.
(b) Note.
(c) Face.
(d) Zero.

2. Which American journalist covered world news for more than 60 years and was most recently a Senior News Analyst for National Public Radio (NPR)?
(a) Walter Cronkite.
(b) Daniel Schorr.
(c) James Farmer.
(d) George Herman.

3. Where did the car rental employee say she was moving to in "Death of a Poet"?
(a) Los Angeles.
(b) St. Louis.
(c) New York.
(d) Milwaukee.

4. Where did Thompson write of people howling over late deadlines in "Mescalito"?
(a) Chicago.
(b) New York.
(c) Denver.
(d) San Francisco.

5. What did Thompson see upon entering the kitchen?
(a) A dancing woman.
(b) A man cooking.
(c) A naked woman.
(d) A prostitute with cocaine.

Short Answer Questions

1. The people would come to collect Leach's debt by _____________.

2. ______________were all over the carpet in Thompson's room.

3. What was Leach wearing when he answered the door in "Death of a Poet"?

4. Hearing news of ______________ was too much for a tortured head in "Mescalito"?

5. Where did Mr. Screwjack try to coax the narrator after dinner?

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