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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What term from "Devil's Bait" refers to a sensation like insects crawling over one's skin?
(a) Endocation.
(b) Formication.
(c) Ratification.
(d) Elocution.

2. How far along is Leslie in her pregnancy in the script she presents for herself in "The Empathy Exams"?
(a) 6 and 1/2 weeks.
(b) 7 and 1/2 weeks.
(c) 5 and 1/2 weeks.
(d) 3 and 1/2 weeks.

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)?
(a) Charles Darwin.
(b) Adam Smith.
(c) Thomas Huxley.
(d) Susan Sontag.

4. When does the author describe her trip to Tijuana and Mexicali for the literary conference in "La Frontera"?
(a) 2008.
(b) 2010.
(c) 2005.
(d) 2012.

5. On what day of the week does the author describe having an abortion in "The Empathy Exams"?
(a) Thursday.
(b) Friday.
(c) Monday.
(d) Wednesday.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the capital of Sinaloa?

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

3. What is Paola's profession said to be in "La Frontera"?

4. Where had the author traveled and been infected with a human botfly?

5. Where did Leslie Jamison earn her Ph.D. in English literature?

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