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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. In what Arkansas town were the bodies of Steven Branch, Christopher Byers, and Michael Moore discovered?
(a) West Memphis.
(b) Bentonville.
(c) Malvern.
(d) Little Rock.

2. Where are the Pastor and his church congregation on the Gang Tour said to be from in "Pain Tours (I)"?
(a) Oklahoma.
(b) Texas.
(c) Missouri.
(d) Alabama.

3. In the author's assessment of Frida Kahlo's works she calls what color "the undergarments of ghosts" (152)?
(a) Dusty pink.
(b) Dark crimson.
(c) Coral.
(d) Bright yellow.

4. Who wrote "Tragedy is second-hand" (157), according to the author in "Pain Tours (II)"?
(a) William Faulkner.
(b) Susan Sontag.
(c) James Wood.
(d) John Irving.

5. By what name does the author refer to the doctor who performed her heart operation in "The Empathy Exams"?
(a) Dr. J.
(b) Dr. R.
(c) Dr. G.
(d) Dr. M.

Short Answer Questions

1. What nineteenth-century biologist is quoted in "Devil's Bait" with the words, "Sit down before fact as a little child, be prepared to give up every preconceived notion, follow humbly wherever and to whatever abyss Nature leads, or you shall learn nothing" (55)?

2. What kinds of movies does the author describe being popular on the buses to the highest city in the world in "Pain Tours (I)"?

3. How old is John DeWitt described as in "The Immortal Horizon"?

4. How many men have finished the race at the Barkley Marathons, according to the author in "The Immortal Horizon"?

5. What does the author assert James Agee's Let Us Now Praise Famous Men is ultimately about, in "Pain Tours (II)"?

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