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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. Florio interviewed Pabst about her reasons for declining to prosecute which accused rapist?
2. 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?
3. Krakauer writes that "When an individual is raped in this country," the "rapist gets away with the crime" what "percent of the time" (110)?
4. How many months after the publication of the Barz Report did the U.S. Department of Justice reveal its own investigation focused on sexual violence western Montana?
5. When Dr. Lisak identified the 76 repeat offenders in the study discussed in Chapter 10, he found that they "were collectively responsible for at least" (117) how many rapes?
Short Essay Questions
1. From whom did Huguet receive a phone call a week after she was raped, letting her know that Donaldson did not intend to keep his end of their bargain?
2. What was the reported reason for Smith's theft of Kelly's jeans on the night he sexually assaulted her?
3. How were Beau Donaldson and Allison Heuget acquainted before he sexually assaulted her on the night of September 24, 2010?
4. What ultimate message is Krakauer sending about serial rapists in Chapter 10?
5. How did Kaitlyn Kelly's father react to her revelation that she was sexually assaulted by Calvin Smith?
6. What action did Detective Merifield promise to take in regards to Kerry Barrett's complaint against Zeke Adams?
7. What three conditions did Huguet require from Donaldson in return for her promise not to go to the police?
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. How did Gwen Florio's work factor into Allison Huguet's decision-making process about whether to prosecute Beau Donaldson?
10. In what way does Krakauer use the appeal of logos within his argumentation in Chapter 9?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Examine Krakauer’s use of characterization methods to portray real people. What effect do these characterization methods have on the work's inherent themes and messages?
Essay Topic 2
Discuss the instances of irony within the narrative of Missoula: Rape and the Justice System in a College Town and analyze Krakauer’s purpose for highlighting each instance you discuss.
Essay Topic 3
In what way does Krakauer go about breaking the text into parts and how do these structural elements help to advance the text’s arguments?
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