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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 the Author's Note section, Krakauer reports that he has how many goals for the text?
(a) 4.
(b) 7.
(c) 5.
(d) 2.

2. What sort of media appear on the last few pages of Chapter 5?
(a) Emails.
(b) Photographs.
(c) Internet forum posts.
(d) Text messages.

3. Krakauer states in the Author's Note that his study of sexual assaults in Missoula focuses in on which three years?
(a) 2012-2014.
(b) 2004-2006.
(c) 2009-2011.
(d) 2010-2012.

4. Huguet states of Donaldson at the end of Chapter 3, "He promised me that he would get treatment for" three issues" and "I made it clear that this promise was the only reason I wasn't" (24) what?
(a) Going to the police.
(b) Calling his mother.
(c) Telling her muscular boyfriend.
(d) Calling the dean of students.

5. Huguet says in Chapter 3 that it took how many hours for her post-rape examination to be conducted?
(a) 1.
(b) 3.
(c) 2.
(d) 4.

Short Answer Questions

1. For which newspaper did Gwen Florio work at the time she published the first of the newspaper's "more than one hundred stories" (33) about the problems in Missoula?

2. Which rape victim discussed in Krakauer's book has a father involved in law enforcement?

3. How many weeks passed between Kelsey Belnap's complaint of sexual assault to the police and their interview of the first of several named suspects?

4. Nearly how many months passed between Donaldson's rape of Huguet and her first in-person contact with law enforcement?

5. In which month of 2011 did Zeke Adams attempt to rape Kerry Barrett?

Short Essay Questions

1. What are Krakauer's two goals for the text of Missoula: Rape and the Justice System in a College Town?

2. What reason does Kerry Barrett cite for her ability to escape being raped by Zeke Adams?

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

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

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

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

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

8. For what reason does Krakauer make allusions to Raymond Carver and A River Runs Through It in Chapter 1?

9. What is the symbolism of the bell metaphor Pabst uses to deflect criticism in an article written by Gwen Florio?

10. For what reason did Calvin Smith attend the meeting with Dean Couture on October 26, 2011 by himself?

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