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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where did Charlie hit bottom, getting shots at by angry dealers, according to the narrative in "Fog Count"?
(a) Little Rock.
(b) Wichita.
(c) Cleveland.
(d) Newport.

2. Who is "the little girl who hates evil" (145) in "Fog Count"?
(a) Caitlin.
(b) Jessica.
(c) Anna.
(d) Marie.

3. How many times had Charlie completed the Badwater Ultramarathon when the author visited him in prison in "Fog Count"?
(a) 5.
(b) 7.
(c) 2.
(d) 3.

4. What was the sentence that Charlie was given, according to the author in "Fog Count"?
(a) 21 months in prison.
(b) 16 months in prison.
(c) 26 months in prison.
(d) 6 months in prison.

5. When was Joan Didion's book Salvador published?
(a) 1979.
(b) 1983.
(c) 1965.
(d) 1991.

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

7. What does the maid steal from her mistress to eat every night in Madame Bovary?
(a) Cookies.
(b) Mints.
(c) Sugar.
(d) Apples.

8. Where did the author first meet Charlie Engle?
(a) The Boston Marathon.
(b) The Dipsea Race.
(c) The Niagara Falls Marathon.
(d) The Barkley Marathons.

9. What Beatles' song does the author describe hearing on the loudspeakers at a Bolivian supermarket in 2007 in "Pain Tours (II)"?
(a) "Black Bird."
(b) "Yellow Submarine."
(c) "Hey Jude."
(d) "Hey Madonna."

10. How old was Frida Kahlo when she married Diego Rivera?
(a) 22.
(b) 27.
(c) 18.
(d) 25.

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

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

13. 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.

14. What is the title of the first section of "Pain Tours (II)"?
(a) "La Plata Perdida."
(b) "San Ysidro."
(c) "Ex-Votos."
(d) "Sublime, Revisited."

15. When were Frida Kahlo and Diego Rivera married?
(a) March 12, 1925.
(b) August 21, 1929.
(c) September 1, 1927.
(d) July 4, 1863.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What literary theorist said, "Western culture has mas confessional speech a prime mark of authenticity, par excellence the kind of speech in which the individual authenticates his inner truth" (164)?

3. What is the title of the second section in "Pain Tours (II)"?

4. When is the traditional festival of Alasitas celebrated in La Paz?

5. What is the entry fee for the Barkley Marathons?

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