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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. Who is the Aymara god of abundance?
(a) Inti.
(b) Viracocha.
(c) Ekeko.
(d) Wayra Tata.
2. The number of inmates in West Virginia is how many times the number in 1990?
(a) 5.
(b) 3.
(c) 2.
(d) 4.
3. What was Charlie convicted of, according to the author in "Fog Count"?
(a) Mortgage fraud.
(b) Possession of child pornography.
(c) Statutory rape.
(d) Attempted murder.
4. Who wrote "Tragedy is second-hand" (157), according to the author in "Pain Tours (II)"?
(a) William Faulkner.
(b) James Wood.
(c) Susan Sontag.
(d) John Irving.
5. What was the sentence that Charlie was given, according to the author in "Fog Count"?
(a) 6 months in prison.
(b) 21 months in prison.
(c) 16 months in prison.
(d) 26 months in prison.
Short Answer Questions
1. Who wrote the review titled "Tides of Treacle" that is quoted in "In Defense of Saccharin(e)"?
2. What word in "In Defense of Saccharin(e)" means obedient or attentive to an excessive or servile degree?
3. When were the bodies of Steven Branch, Christopher Byers, and Michael Moore discovered?
4. How many times had Charlie completed the Badwater Ultramarathon when the author visited him in prison in "Fog Count"?
5. What is Blake Wood's profession?
Short Essay Questions
1. How is Pam Hobbs described in "Lost Boys"?
2. How is Jessie's confession described in "Lost Boys"?
3. How does the author describe the line between pathos and melodrama in "In Defense of Saccharine(e)"?
4. How does the author describe Charlie when she first sees him in "Fog Count"?
5. How are the Byers' described in "Lost Boys"?
6. Who wrote Almost Home? How is it described in the book?
7. What does "deus ex machina" mean and why does the author discuss it in "Lost Boys"?
8. What happened during Andrew Thompson's run at the Barkley Marathons in 2004?
9. How is Jim described in "In Defense of Saccharine(e)"?
10. Why did the author attend the Barkley Marathons?
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