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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) Graham Huggan.
(c) Vladimir Propp.
(d) Susan Sontag.

2. At what prison was Charlie Engle housed when the author visited him in "Fog Count"?
(a) Sing Sing.
(b) Angola.
(c) Bastrop.
(d) Beckley.

3. When was Charlie convicted, according to the author in "Fog Count"?
(a) May, 2008.
(b) October, 2010.
(c) September, 2011.
(d) June, 2009.

4. Who is described as the tour guide for the silver mines in "Pain Tours (I)"?
(a) Pedro.
(b) Luis.
(c) Rico.
(d) Favio.

5. From what writer did Charlie pick up the notion of "inner mobility" (147), according to the author in "Fog Count"?
(a) Vladimir Propp.
(b) John Irving.
(c) Edmund Burke.
(d) Jack London.

Short Answer Questions

1. How far is Mexicali from Tijuana?

2. What is said to be the busiest land border in the world in "La Frontera"?

3. What did the tour guide for the Gang Tour call the rats in prison?

4. How old is Andrea described on the show Intervention in "Pain Tours (I)"?

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

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