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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Why Do They Lie to Us? and Tits Like Orange Fireballs.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What event did the Running Magazine ask Thompson to cover?
(a) The Captain Cook Boat Race.
(b) The Kipling Cake Race.
(c) The New York Marathon.
(d) The Honolulu Marathon.

2. Who did the Hawaiians famously mistake to be their God Lono?
(a) Mark Twain.
(b) Rudyard Kipling.
(c) Captain Cook.
(d) Hunter Thompson.

3. What does Hunter compare the runner's footfalls to?
(a) Thunder.
(b) A whispering engine.
(c) The bang of an old revolver.
(d) A gun's silencer.

4. What does Kipling warn westerners not to do in Naulahka?
(a) Rise to God status.
(b) Eat raw fish.
(c) Hustle the east.
(d) Praise Hawaii.

5. What does Mark Twain say the Pacific Ocean is not in his letters?
(a) Clear.
(b) Beautiful.
(c) Calm.
(d) Wild.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the runner tripping up in the two page spread?

2. What kind of war club does the man at the gift shop suggest Hunter buy?

3. What is the color of the wave curling over the ocean in Ralph's picture?

4. What is the name of the bar where Hunter meets Ralph?

5. Who does Hunter say has his drugs?

(see the answer key)

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