Let me know how *you* do, if you will. My Marcel  passed before he turned six on February 7, 2006. The “failures” weren’t all on the clean-up crew in DC, by the way. But the really indecent news is that fifty out of fifty-five social studies teachers in California went down for the count too. Along with their students this year, I presume.
 

Marcel’s Geography
Test for Adults:
Number One in a Series of Ten
Prepared by Richard Oxman and Marcel *ensemble*.

1. The Khyber Pass is the most important route connecting __________ and _____________. ANSWER

Or name two countries (which are not islands) on the Caribbean Plate; _____________ and _________________. ANSWER

2. Two important differences between Slovenia and Slovakia are __________ and _____________.  ANSWER

Or name two different indigenous groups which live within three thousand miles of either of them; ______________ and _________________. ANSWER

3. Two exclaves in Africa are _____________ and __________________. Use an enclave if you get stuck. ANSWER

4. If you don’t count “small” countries like Monaco, two of the most densely populated countries in the world are ______________ and ___________________. ANSWER
Answers must be countries larger than Switzerland/larger than New Jersey, and drawn from the top fifteen such countries only.

5. List either the deepest lake ____________,
the largest freshwater lake ____________
and/or the largest saltwater lake _____________. ANSWER
 
6. Name the country source of the Yangtze River _____________ , one of the country sources for the Nile River _____________ and/or a country which borders the Black Sea (other than Russia) _______________. ANSWER
 
7. Name two countries where 50% of the population is under 20. ____________ and _______________. ANSWER

8. Name two countries where life expectancy is under 39 for both men and women. _________________ and _____________________. ANSWER

9. Name two countries that are composed of more islands than Greece. _______________ and _________________. ANSWER

10. What is the poorest country on the Arabian Peninsula ____________ and the most populous country in Africa __________________? ANSWER

Special note #2: Readers have the opportunity to list 20 correct answers above. If you score only ten correct answers, Marcel will leave you alone. However, with anything less than that…we trust that his spirit will haunt you…until you do something to set things *straight*.

Richard Oxman, info@parisgraves.com, provides the most updated versions of his postings at www.oxtogrind.org. Anyone interested in hearing his recent, singular interview with Derrick Jensen is invited to request a free copy.