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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many flower children walked below Thompson's window and waved at him in "Mescalito"?
(a) Four.
(b) Five.
(c) Ten.
(d) Six.

2. Thompson warned himself to stay away from ___________ during his mescaline trip in "Mescalito."
(a) The phone.
(b) The carpet.
(c) The lamp post.
(d) The bed.

3. What did Thompson claim in the Introduction was what "we must deal with" today?
(a) The episode.
(b) The Book.
(c) The police.
(d) The hospital.

4. On what floor was Thompson staying in "Mescalito"?
(a) 14th.
(b) 5th.
(c) 11th.
(d) 7th.

5. In what city did Thompson write that Nixon had ordered the Condor Legion?
(a) New York, NY.
(b) San Francisco, CA.
(c) Los Angeles, CA.
(d) Berkely, CA.

6. For how long had Thompson been chased and tormented by giant radioactive creatures in the Introduction?
(a) 5 weeks.
(b) 22 weeks.
(c) 36 weeks.
(d) 2 months.

7. According to Thompson, how high above his feet was his head while tripping in "Mescalito"?
(a) 3 feet.
(b) 40 feet.
(c) 20 feet.
(d) 10 feet.

8. What is the date of the first entry of "Mescalito"?
(a) February 23.
(b) September 18.
(c) February 16.
(d) March 12.

9. In "Mescalito," what did Thompson describe as "wily old"?
(a) Wolf-bat.
(b) Super.
(c) Troll.
(d) Charwoman.

10. What had gone off in the night in Thompson's second entry from "Mescalito"?
(a) His alarm.
(b) The fire alarm.
(c) A tornado alert.
(d) A police siren.

11. What veteran CBS journalist did Thompson describe as being condescending in "Mescalito"?
(a) James Farmer.
(b) Jimmy Carter.
(c) Walter Cronkite.
(d) George Herman.

12. What drug did Thompson equate mescaline as being very much like in "Mescalito"?
(a) Cocaine.
(b) LSD.
(c) Psylocibin.
(d) Ecstasy.

13. What did Thompson write felt "half-frozen" while tripping in "Mescalito"?
(a) His toes.
(b) His hands.
(c) His face.
(d) His legs.

14. According to Thompson, "Singer sewing time is ____ minutes until eight o'clock."
(a) Thirty.
(b) Ten.
(c) Twenty.
(d) Fifteen.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Thompson was anxious about _____________coming into his hotel room in "Mescalito."

2. What did Thompson write he thought should be last in order in the Introduction?

3. Whom did Thompson feel like while conversing with the flower children in "Mescalito"?

4. What time did Thompson write it was at the beginning of his second entry of "Mescalito"?

5. Whom did Thompson write of in Jerusalem in "Mescalito"?

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