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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through "Lost Boys" - "Grand Unified Theory of Female Pain".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where did Blake Wood earn his Ph.D.?
(a) Berkeley.
(b) Princeton.
(c) Harvard.
(d) Yale.

2. Where has Julian brought a license plate from to the Barkley Marathons in "The Immortal Horizon"?
(a) Mexico.
(b) Liberia.
(c) Bolivia.
(d) Nicaragua.

3. Who wrote "Everyone who is born holds dual citizenship in the kingdom of the well and in the kingdom of the sick" (37)?
(a) Charles Darwin.
(b) Susan Sontag.
(c) Thomas Huxley.
(d) Adam Smith.

4. Where in West Virginia does the author describe hunting for quarters in "Fog Count"?
(a) Fayetteville.
(b) Charleston.
(c) Morgantown.
(d) Huntington.

5. What is the elevation of El Alto?
(a) 4,061 meters.
(b) 2,674 meters.
(c) 4,736 meters.
(d) 3,252 meters.

Short Answer Questions

1. When did Andrew Thompson finally complete the Barkley Marathons?

2. How many classrooms were in the school where the author taught Spanish to kids in Nicaragua?

3. Where does one take the bus after landing in El Alto in order to reach the highest city in the world?

4. What is Blake Wood's profession?

5. How old is the character of Stephanie Phillips described as in "The Empathy Exams"?

(see the answer key)

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