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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is described as Cat's boyfriend in "Fog Count"?
(a) Jason.
(b) Mark.
(c) Jack.
(d) Drew.

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

3. Who is quoted in describing a hallucination of a band of helpful Indians at the end of his three-day run of the John Muir Trail in "The Immortal Horizon"?
(a) Graham Huggan.
(b) Roger Watts.
(c) Brett Maune.
(d) Jim Fyke.

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

5. On what day of the week does the author describe visiting Charlie in prison in "Fog Count"?
(a) Tuesday.
(b) Monday.
(c) Wednesday.
(d) Friday.

6. The number of inmates in West Virginia is how many times the number in 1990?
(a) 2.
(b) 5.
(c) 4.
(d) 3.

7. Who were the New York filmmakers that created the Paradise Lost trilogy?
(a) Joe Berlinger and Joe Sinofsky.
(b) Michael Roberts and Mel Watts.
(c) Andrew Wilson and Mark Skall.
(d) James Adkins and Gerald Moore.

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

9. 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)?
(a) Vladimir Propp.
(b) Peter Brooks.
(c) Adam Smith.
(d) James Wood.

10. What word in "In Defense of Saccharin(e)" means obedient or attentive to an excessive or servile degree?
(a) Sublimatory.
(b) Undulating.
(c) Obsequious.
(d) Articulate.

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

12. 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) 9 months.
(b) 6 months.
(c) 2 months.
(d) 2 years.

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

14. What word is defined in "Lost Boys" as "a child stolen by spirits, or else the demon left in his place" (161)?
(a) Changeling.
(b) Visage.
(c) Phantasm.
(d) Catechism.

15. Who are Michael Moore's parents?
(a) James and Jenna Moore.
(b) Todd and Dana Moore.
(c) Mike and Angela Moore.
(d) Mark and Amy Moore.

Short Answer Questions

1. What pet did Jason describe as his favorite in his video visit with the author in "Lost Boys"?

2. When are the visiting hours at the prison in "Fog Count"?

3. Who did James Earl Ray assassinate?

4. How many entrants are allowed to run in the Barkley Marathons each year?

5. What was Lazarus Lake's name when he was born?

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