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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through "Pain Tours (II)".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the opening line for the character of Stephanie Phillips, according to the narrative in "The Empathy Exams" (11)?
(a) "I'm having these seizures and no one knows why."
(b) "I am suffering from depression."
(c) "I want to terminate my pregnancy."
(d) "I've had seizures for two years, since my brother's death."

2. Who is quoted in describing a hallucination of a band of helpful Indians at the end of his three-day run of the John Muir Trail in "The Immortal Horizon"?
(a) Jim Fyke.
(b) Brett Maune.
(c) Graham Huggan.
(d) Roger Watts.

3. When did James Earl Ray escape from Brushy Mountain State Penitentiary?
(a) March 2, 1975.
(b) June 11, 1977.
(c) July 2, 1978.
(d) May 12, 1976.

4. Where did Blake Wood earn his Ph.D.?
(a) Princeton.
(b) Yale.
(c) Berkeley.
(d) Harvard.

5. How old was Frida Kahlo when a streetcar's handrail rammed through her body, injuring her?
(a) 18.
(b) 21.
(c) 12.
(d) 22.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where is Jean Decety as psychologist, according to the author in "The Empathy Exams"?

2. Who wrote, "A sentimentalist is simply one who desires to have the luxury of an emotion without paying for it" (113)?

3. What is the statue called that the author describes passing on her way out from the mining tour in "Pain Tours (I)"?

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

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

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