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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Pages 256-290.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why is Wallace able to get into the desert competition at the state fair?
(a) There is no ID check.
(b) They need more participants.
(c) They think he's from a different magazine.
(d) He bribes someone.

2. Wallace explains that Joyce is in the top _____ tennis players.
(a) 10.
(b) 100.
(c) 1,000.
(d) 50.

3. Where are Lynch's ex-wife's paintings displayed in "Lost Highway"?
(a) On billboards.
(b) In the courthouse.
(c) In the protagonists' home.
(d) In the villain's office.

4. What charity do Brenda Edgar and Ronald McDonald discuss with the press?
(a) A charity for developing countries.
(b) A charity run by the church.
(c) A charity for abused children.
(d) A charity for homeless families.

5. By the end of the state fair, what has Wallace realized about the purpose of fairs?
(a) They are pointless.
(b) They are a good way to make money.
(c) They are for all the people of the community.
(d) They are for advertisement.

Short Answer Questions

1. What activity other than tennis does Wallace cite as using geometry?

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

3. Wallace explains that both elderly people and cruise ships are in need of tremendous _______.

4. Why do the students disagree with their professor in "E Unibus Pluram"?

5. What is Wallace's explanation for why Midwesterners are alienated?

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