2. Who attempted to shut down the Barkley Marathons due to erosion and endangered plants?
(a) Jack Adkins.
(b) Graham Huggan.
(c) Jim Fyke.
(d) Adam Smith.

3. For how long does the author say she's been corresponding with Charlie Engle when she goes to see him in prison in "Fog Count"?
(a) 2 months.
(b) 2 years.
(c) 9 months.
(d) 6 months.

4. Nearing what age was Charlie when the author visited him in prison in "Fog Count"?
(a) 50.
(b) 40.
(c) 60.
(d) 30.

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

6. What is Blake Wood's profession?
(a) He is an investment banker.
(b) He is a news reporter.
(c) He is a nuclear engineer.
(d) He is a limousine driver.

7. How many books were the prisoners allowed in their cells where Charlie was held, according to the narrative in "Fog Count"?
(a) 5.
(b) 10.
(c) 2.
(d) 8.

8. What does the author assert James Agee's Let Us Now Praise Famous Men is ultimately about, in "Pain Tours (II)"?
(a) Love.
(b) Revenge.
(c) Guilt.
(d) Glory.

9. What memoir was published by Damien in 2005, according to the author in "Lost Boys"?
(a) Almost Home.
(b) Almost Normal.
(c) Caged Animal.
(d) Lost Boys.

10. Who wrote "The Revolutionists Stop for Orangeade"?
(a) David Foster Wallace.
(b) Jim Fyke.
(c) John Irving.
(d) Wallace Stevens.

11. When were the bodies of Steven Branch, Christopher Byers, and Michael Moore discovered?
(a) July 4, 1995.
(b) May 3, 1994.
(c) March 12, 1995.
(d) May 6, 1993.

12. How many men have finished the race at the Barkley Marathons, according to the author in "The Immortal Horizon"?
(a) 15.
(b) 5.
(c) 12.
(d) 8.

13. Who wrote the 1979 op-ed called "In Defense of Sentimentality"?
(a) Jim Fyke.
(b) Edmund Burke.
(c) David Foster Wallace.
(d) John Irving.

14. When did an assistant researcher at the Tate and Lyle sugar company accidentally discover sucralose?
(a) 1969.
(b) 1962.
(c) 1976.
(d) 1985.

15. Who is the mother of Steve Branch?
(a) Jessica Watts.
(b) Pam Hobbs.
(c) Amy Wilson.
(d) Emily Moore.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many miles did Charlie run around the prison's gravel track in July to coincide with the Badwater Ultramarathon in July, according to the narrative in "Fog Count"?

2. What does the author say she has an entire trash can in her kitchen full of in "In Defense of Saccharin(e)"?

3. The number of inmates in West Virginia is how many times the number in 1990?

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

5. How old was Diego Rivera when he married Frida Kahlo?

(see the answer keys)

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