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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. Which entity or person arranged for David Paoli to represent Donaldson at trial?

2. The letter sent to Johnson on March 27, 2012 notified him that what event had occurred?

3. Krakauer claims that Pabst has what quality that Paoli lacks?

4. In what way are Mortimer and Hillary McLaughlin related, as revealed in Chapter 13?

5. What term did Huguet's mother Beth use in court to describe Donaldson's rape of Allison after years of friendship?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did Beth Huguet respond to Milt Datsopoulos's cross-examination about whether Beau had ever physically hurt Allison in the past?

2. Whose testimony opens Chapter 19 and how did Allison Huguet react to that testimony?

3. What reason did Kirsten Pabst give the Missoulian reporter Gwen Florio for her decision to leave the Missoula County Attorney's Office in March 2012 and how did it contrast with her actions on August 7, 2012?

4. In what way does the epigraph included prior to Part Four: Scales of Justice depict the dual themes of secrecy and silence?

5. How did Hillary McLaughlin describe her assault at the hands of Beau Donaldson?

6. Who is Sharon Mortimer and what information did she inadvertently reveal?

7. What aspect of Donaldson's sentence was Huguet especially adamant about getting in place?

8. Who is Dr. David Lisak and what insights did he provide during the Jordan Johnson trial?

9. What event occurs that makes it impossible for Huguet "to keep her emotions under control" (168)?

10. How did Jordan Johnson behave as his father was testifying on his behalf and how does Krakauer characterize Johnson's actions?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How does Krakauer use sensory details in order to strengthen the text’s messages? Discuss at least two passages that include the use of sensory details and pull quotes from these passages to support your claim.

Essay Topic 2

Discuss Krakauer’s use of Aristotle's appeals within the text of Missoula: Rape and the Justice System in a College Town. How does Krakauer use each of the three appeals to persuade the reader of argumentative points central to the tenets of the work?

Essay Topic 3

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.

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