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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who wrote "Being a spectator of calamaties taking place in another country is a quintessential modern experience" (87)?
(a) Graham Huggan.
(b) Vladimir Propp.
(c) Edmund Burke.
(d) Susan Sontag.

2. How old was Andrea when she was raped, according to the narrative in "Pain Tours (I)"?
(a) 18.
(b) 12.
(c) 14.
(d) 16.

3. How many men are said to have been eaten by the mountain with the silver mines in "Pain Tours (I)"?
(a) 6 million.
(b) 2 million.
(c) 4 million.
(d) 1 million.

4. Who is the president that the tour guide speaks of in "Pain Tours (I)"?
(a) Hugo Banzer.
(b) Eduardo Rodriguez.
(c) Carlos Mesa.
(d) Evo Morales.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Nearing what age was Charlie when the author visited him in prison in "Fog Count"?

3. Who in "La Frontera" is described as "the Stewmaker" that dissolves his victims in acid?

4. Who is "the little girl who hates evil" (145) in "Fog Count"?

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

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