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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. How many days after Kelly's sexual assault did she report the crime to the university police?
(a) 10.
(b) 3.
(c) 5.
(d) 60.

2. Which person told the reporter Florio her reasons for declining to prosecute Calvin Smith for his assault on Kaitlynn Kelly?
(a) Pabst.
(b) Muir.
(c) Kelly.
(d) Merifield.

3. In Chapter 1, Krakauer notes that "UM fans call themselves" (7) by what title?
(a) Puma Nation.
(b) Griz Nation.
(c) Cougar Nation.
(d) Shark Nation.

4. For how many years had Detective Connie Brueckner worked for the Missoula police force at the time she interviewed Kaitlyn Kelly?
(a) 12.
(b) 3.
(c) 8.
(d) 18.

5. UM, the university studied in Krakauer's book, is short for the full name of which university?
(a) University of Montana.
(b) University of Massachusetts.
(c) University of Missouri.
(d) University of Michigan.

Short Answer Questions

1. All of the participants in the study discussed in Chapter 10 attended a particular university in which state?

2. How many weeks passed between Kelsey Belnap's complaint of sexual assault to the police and their interview of the first of several named suspects?

3. What adjectives does Huguet use to characterize Donaldson's expression at the Mo Club when he was staring at her?

4. About how many hours after she fell asleep did Huguet wake up to find Donaldson raping her?

5. Which of Allison Huguet's family members called her, as related in Chapter 4, to tell her that "a mutual acquaintance was informing people that [she] and Beau had sex last weekend" (26)?

Short Essay Questions

1. What action did Detective Merifield promise to take in regards to Kerry Barrett's complaint against Zeke Adams?

2. What reason does Kerry Barrett cite for her ability to escape being raped by Zeke Adams?

3. Discuss an instance in the text when a survivor of sexual assault highlights the irony in her own situation in order to illustrate a point.

4. What event ultimately caused Huguet to take action against Donaldson?

5. For what reason does Krakauer make allusions to Raymond Carver and A River Runs Through It in Chapter 1?

6. How did Gwen Florio's work factor into Allison Huguet's decision-making process about whether to prosecute Beau Donaldson?

7. What evidence of violent sexual assault was present at the scene of Calvin Smith's assault of Kaitlyn Kelly?

8. Who is Gwen Florio and what role did she have in the so-called "Missoula rape scandal" (34)?

9. How did Kaitlyn Kelly's father react to her revelation that she was sexually assaulted by Calvin Smith?

10. In what way does Krakauer use the appeal of logos within his argumentation in Chapter 9?

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