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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through "Fog Count".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who defines "exoticism" as an experience that "posits the lure of difference while protecting its practitioners from close involvement" (85)?
(a) Edmund Burke.
(b) Vladimir Propp.
(c) Susan Sontag.
(d) Graham Huggan.

2. What is the title of the second section in "Pain Tours (I)"?
(a) "Sublime, Revisited."
(b) "San Ysidro."
(c) "La Plata Perdida."
(d) "Indigenous to the Hood."

3. What is the title of the third section in "Pain Tours (I)"?
(a) "Indigenous to the Hood."
(b) "San Ysidro."
(c) "Sublime, Revisited."
(d) "La Plata Perdida."

4. Where does the author describe having huevos con jamon in Tijuana in "La Frontera"?
(a) Nuevo Leon.
(b) Tijuana Tilly's.
(c) Sonora Cafe.
(d) El Pollo Loco.

5. Who is the tour guide on the Gang Tour who is named after a zodiac sign in "Pain Tours (I)"?
(a) Aries.
(b) Virgo.
(c) Leo.
(d) Capricorn.

Short Answer Questions

1. What 18th-century philosopher proposed the notion of "negative pain" (83), according to the author in "Pain Tours (I)"?

2. What is described as the highest city in the world in "Pain Tours (I)"?

3. Where in West Virginia does the author describe hunting for quarters in "Fog Count"?

4. What is Adan's profession said to be in "La Frontera"?

5. Where did Charlie Engle's teenage sons live when he was imprisoned?

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