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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Pages 83-111.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Wallace learns that people enter the Junior Livestock Competition for ______.
(a) Money.
(b) Pride.
(c) Fame.
(d) Their parents.

2. Why does Wallace call his tennis style "creative"?
(a) It accepts nature.
(b) It's like a dance.
(c) It is basic.
(d) It ignores convention.

3. In the Midwest, how are people supposed to respond to a tornado during a tennis match?
(a) Go home.
(b) Gather together.
(c) Get under the benches.
(d) Go to a nearby ditch.

4. Wallace believes people recognize pop-culture references but are _______ with them.
(a) Happy.
(b) Confused.
(c) Displeased.
(d) Uncomfortable.

5. What was Image-Fiction a response to?
(a) The decline of the government.
(b) The surplus of nonfiction.
(c) Television's influence.
(d) The rapid development of art.

Short Answer Questions

1. Wallace explains that Harper's Magazine has a primarily _________ audience.

2. According to Native Companion, why doesn't she get upset about sexual harassment?

3. Wallace's thesis is that irony and ridicule are simultaneously entertaining and _______.

4. Wallace describes his tennis career as ______ successful.

5. Wallace and other press are transported around the fair on a _______ powered tractor.

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