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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What part of San Juan does Al live in?

2. What do Sala and Paul buy before they go to Yeamon's?

3. Who takes the seat Paul reserves for the girl?

4. What does the sign say on the shack?

5. What city does Paul arrive in in this chapter?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the argument between Yeaman and Lotterman.

2. What signs are there that newspaper will soon fold?

3. What does Paul do when he sees the pretty girl standing in the line?

4. In what way do all the characters working on the newspaper give Paul a bad first impression of his new job and life in San Juan ?

5. What kind of people like to drink at Al's bar?

6. What does Paul do on his first day at the newspaper?

7. What does Paul do on his first night in San Juan?

8. Why do neither Paul nor Sala like to stay in Sala's apartment?

9. What does Sala tell Paul at Al's?

10. Summarize Chapter 3.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What similarities does the Rum Diary share with Hunter S. Thompson's later work in terms of the following:

1) Style

2) Themes

3) Politics

Essay Topic 2

Identify the main themes of the story. Why do you think these themes are so important to the story? How does Thompson use character and setting to express these themes?

Essay Topic 3

Lotterman thinks he will lose respect in the community because he is an ex-communist and the locals do not trust communists. What kind of political system did Pueto Rico have in the Sixties? What was Puerto Rico's relationship with communism?

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