1. What kind of avant-garde poetry is Marco described as being interested in, in "La Frontera"?
(a) Beat poetry.
(b) Flarf poetry.
(c) Broadside poetry.
(d) Modernist poetry.

2. What is described as the highest city in the world in "Pain Tours (I)"?
(a) La Paz.
(b) Sucre.
(c) Potosi.
(d) Cochabamba.

3. Who is described as the father of Andrea's children in "Pain Tours (I)"?
(a) Jason.
(b) James.
(c) Roger.
(d) Michael.

4. Who designed and built Watts Towers?
(a) Vladimir Propp.
(b) Graham Huggan.
(c) Simon Rodia.
(d) Susan Sontag.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How many miles did Charlie run around the prison's gravel track in July to coincide with the Badwater Ultramarathon in July, according to the narrative in "Fog Count"?

2. When did the Rodney King Riots take place?

3. What is the first section of "Pain Tours (I)" titled?

4. Who wrote "Being a spectator of calamaties taking place in another country is a quintessential modern experience" (87)?

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

(see the answer key)

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