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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who wrote Madame Bovary and is quoted in the opening in of "In Defense of Saccharin(e)"?
(a) Gustave Flaubert.
(b) Thomas Huxley.
(c) Edmund Burke.
(d) Adam Smith.

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

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

4. 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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

11. How old is John DeWitt described as in "The Immortal Horizon"?
(a) 73.
(b) 65.
(c) 75.
(d) 69.

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

13. Where is Frozen Head State Park located?
(a) Georgia.
(b) Alabama.
(c) Tennessee.
(d) West Virginia.

14. Where is Carl said to be from in "The Immortal Horizon"?
(a) Atlanta.
(b) Jacksonville.
(c) Little Rock.
(d) Los Angeles.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where has Julian brought a license plate from to the Barkley Marathons in "The Immortal Horizon"?

2. Who were the New York filmmakers that created the Paradise Lost trilogy?

3. What is Blake Wood's profession?

4. What is the title of the fourth section in "Lost Boys"?

5. Who once said, "You are a little soul carrying around a corpse" (113)?

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