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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. Which person is said to have taken Kelly's "case seriously" (78) when she reported being assaulted by Calvin Smith?
(a) Engstrom.
(b) Pabst.
(c) Couture.
(d) Baker.

2. How many days after Kelly's sexual assault did she report the crime to the university police?
(a) 60.
(b) 5.
(c) 10.
(d) 3.

3. In what location was Kaitlyn Kelly assaulted by Calvin Smith, as described in Chapter 7?
(a) The cafeteria.
(b) His dorm room.
(c) A motel room.
(d) Her dorm room.

4. Nearly how many months passed between Donaldson's rape of Huguet and her first in-person contact with law enforcement?
(a) 15 months.
(b) 3 months.
(c) 6 months.
(d) 9 months.

5. What university was Huguet attending at the time she was sexually assaulted by Donaldson?
(a) Cornell.
(b) Eastern Oregon University.
(c) University of Washington.
(d) University of Wisconsin.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Smith do when he received a voicemail message from a detective in October of 2011?

2. All of the participants in the study discussed in Chapter 10 attended a particular university in which state?

3. In what year did Kelly report to Krakauer that she had been unable to stop thinking about Smith's next victims?

4. Krakauer writes that "When an individual is raped in this country," the "rapist gets away with the crime" what "percent of the time" (110)?

5. What word is used to describe the physique of Zeke Adams in Chapter 6?

Short Essay Questions

1. What action did Detective Merifield promise to take in regards to Kerry Barrett's complaint against Zeke Adams?

2. How did Kaitlyn Kelly's father react to her revelation that she was sexually assaulted by Calvin Smith?

3. How did Gwen Florio's work factor into Allison Huguet's decision-making process about whether to prosecute Beau Donaldson?

4. Who is Gwen Florio and what role did she have in the so-called "Missoula rape scandal" (34)?

5. Describe the multiple sources of terror inherent in Beau Donaldson's rape of Allison Heuget.

6. In what way does Krakauer use the appeal of logos within his argumentation in Chapter 9?

7. How does the epigraph of the text support its claim that "Rape is unique" (ix)?

8. Discuss an instance in the text when a survivor of sexual assault highlights the irony in her own situation in order to illustrate a point.

9. Discuss acquaintance rape versus stranger rape, using statistics from the book to back up your points.

10. What three conditions did Huguet require from Donaldson in return for her promise not to go to the police?

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