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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Chapter 8, "Bringing the News," what reason does Foster give for journalists generally being proved correct despite public mistrust?
(a) Stubbornness.
(b) Intelligence.
(c) Professionalism.
(d) Strategy.

2. In Chapter 6, "Source Code," which is the only type of nonfiction that Foster says doesn't need "rock-solid" sources (69)?
(a) Memoir.
(b) Philosophy.
(c) Biography.
(d) Reportage.

3. In Chapter 7, "All in How You Look at Things," what does Foster say is the purpose of the academic five-paragraph essay?
(a) It is a flexible and useful format for anything a student might need to write about.
(b) It teaches students to organize their thoughts.
(c) It is the preferred format for professional writing.
(d) It is the most that students are capable of before college.

4. In Chapter 7, "All in How You Look at Things," Foster uses as examples two books that have the same subject matter--Fear, and Fire and Fury. What subject matter do these books have in common?
(a) The Trump White House.
(b) Watergate.
(c) World War II.
(d) Wilderness exploration.

5. In Chapter 2, "The Ecology of the Nonfiction Biosphere," where does Foster say editorial content can usually be found in the newspaper?
(a) The last page or pages of the front section.
(b) In its own section.
(c) Throughout most sections.
(d) At the very end of the last section.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 3, "The Power of the Prologue," why is "foreward" spelled with an "e" instead of as we usually see it, "forward"?

2. In Chapter 2, "The Ecology of the Nonfiction Biosphere," what does Foster say is true of the sports section?

3. In Chapter 3, "The Power of the Prologue," what does Foster give as the basic meaning of "preface," "prologue," and "foreward"?

4. In Chapter 6, "Source Code," what does Foster say is an advantage of using data as evidence?

5. In Chapter 8, "Bringing the News," Foster makes the point that during the Nassar scandal, the Lansing State Journal did what?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why, in Chapter 2, "The Ecology of the Nonfiction Biosphere," does Foster say that it is both good and bad news that all communication has a "grammar"?

2. In Chapter 8, "Bringing the News," what does Foster seem to admire about the Lansing State Journal's coverage of the Nassar scandal?

3. In Chapter 7, "All in How You Look at Things," what are the ways that Foster suggests chronological order can be modified, and why would a writer choose to do this?

4. In Chapter 5, "It May Just Be Me, But..." how does Foster suggest that a reader can examine the author's use of quotes to determine bias?

5. In Chapter 6, "Source Code," what two problems does Foster identify with the use of data as support?

6. In Chapter 8, "Bringing the News," why does Foster say that All the President's Men is "meta-journalism"?

7. In Chapter 1, "The Structure of Nonfiction Information," what does Foster say is similar about the terms "narrative strategy" and "structural design," and what does he say is the difference?

8. In Chapter 6, "Source Code," what relationship does Foster point out between reportorial presence and time?

9. In Chapter 7, "All in How You Look at Things," what does Foster compare to "wrestl[ing] an octopus," (81), and why does he make this comparison?

10. In Chapter 1, "The Structure of Nonfiction Information," why does Foster call the organization of The Boys in the Boat "kaleidoscopic" (14)?

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