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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the capital of Sinaloa?
(a) Culiacan.
(b) Merida.
(c) Guadalajara.
(d) Cancun.

2. Where did Leslie Jamison earn her Ph.D. in English literature?
(a) Yale.
(b) Princeton.
(c) NYU.
(d) Harvard.

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

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

5. Where did the author have surgery on her nose in "Morphology of the Hit"?
(a) San Diego.
(b) New York.
(c) Los Angeles.
(d) San Francisco.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the author describe writing papers about when she began graduate school in "Morphology of the Hit"?

2. At what bar does the author describe turning 24 in "Morphology of the Hit"?

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. How much does the author describe getting paid hourly as a medical actor in "The Empathy Exams"?

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

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