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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through "La Frontera".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What "is the clinical name for shared delusions" (36)?
(a) Omniscient hallucinations.
(b) Laurie a deux.
(c) Folie a deux.
(d) Articulate reasoning.

2. To whom did the author give her lottery prize at the conference for Morgellons disease in "Devil's Bait"?
(a) Sandra.
(b) Roger.
(c) Kelly.
(d) James.

3. How old was Stephanie Phillips's character when her father died, according to her script in "The Empathy Exams"?
(a) 12.
(b) 2.
(c) 9.
(d) 6.

4. What does the author describe winning in the conference lottery in "Devil's Bait"?
(a) A medical kit.
(b) A miniscope.
(c) A computer.
(d) A baseball hat.

5. Who was Stephanie Phillips's brother that drowned, according to her script in "The Empathy Exams"?
(a) Will.
(b) Adam.
(c) Jack.
(d) Jason.

Short Answer Questions

1. What term from "Devil's Bait" refers to a sensation like insects crawling over one's skin?

2. When does the author describe her trip to Tijuana and Mexicali for the literary conference in "La Frontera"?

3. What nineteenth-century biologist is quoted in "Devil's Bait" with the words, "Sit down before fact as a little child, be prepared to give up every preconceived notion, follow humbly wherever and to whatever abyss Nature leads, or you shall learn nothing" (55)?

4. What is El Chapo's nickname?

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

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