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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How old was Dan Baglione when he ran the Barkley Marathons in 2006?
(a) 75.
(b) 63.
(c) 71.
(d) 65.

2. When did Fortune magazine tell Agee to write a journalistic piece about sharecroppers in the Deep South, according to the author in "Pain Tours (II)"?
(a) 1931.
(b) 1945.
(c) 1936.
(d) 1926.

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

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

5. 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) Peter Brooks.
(b) Adam Smith.
(c) James Wood.
(d) Vladimir Propp.

6. Who attempted to shut down the Barkley Marathons due to erosion and endangered plants?
(a) Jack Adkins.
(b) Jim Fyke.
(c) Graham Huggan.
(d) Adam Smith.

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

8. Where did John Price say he was going to run to from Venice Beach to celebrate his retirement the following year in "The Immortal Horizon"?
(a) Atlantic City.
(b) Seattle.
(c) Virginia Beach.
(d) Mexico City.

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

10. What is the title of the third section in "Lost Boys"?
(a) "San Ysidro."
(b) "The Place."
(c) "The Trial."
(d) "The Crime."

11. What is the title of the fourth section in "Lost Boys"?
(a) "The Accused."
(b) "The Place."
(c) "The Crime."
(d) "The Trial."

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

13. 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) Roger Watts.
(b) Jim Fyke.
(c) Graham Huggan.
(d) Brett Maune.

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

15. What is described in "Pain Tours (II)" as "easier than hopeless silence but braver than flight" (154)?
(a) Irony.
(b) Empathy.
(c) Morality.
(d) Sentimentality.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who wrote the 1979 op-ed called "In Defense of Sentimentality"?

3. When did Andrew Thompson finally complete the Barkley Marathons?

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

5. What was the sentence that Charlie was given, according to the author in "Fog Count"?

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