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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through "Lost Boys" - "Grand Unified Theory of Female Pain".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Adan's profession said to be in "La Frontera"?
(a) He is a psychiatrist.
(b) He is a marketing agent.
(c) He is a novelist.
(d) He is a college dean.

2. What does the author describe as her interdiction of her story in "Morphology of the Hit" (70)?
(a) "Tourists are likely to get robbed."
(b) "Survival is not haphazard."
(c) "Girls should never be alone in the dark."
(d) "Traits in their variation are inherited."

3. When was Joan Didion's book Salvador published?
(a) 1965.
(b) 1979.
(c) 1983.
(d) 1991.

4. What condition is Leslie set to have surgery to correct soon in her script as presented in "The Empathy Exams"?
(a) Glaucoma.
(b) Epilepsy.
(c) Tachychardia.
(d) Scoliosis.

5. What does the author describe writing papers about when she began graduate school in "Morphology of the Hit"?
(a) The practice of rereading.
(b) The practice of organization.
(c) The practice of empathy.
(d) The practice of medical writing.

Short Answer Questions

1. What word is defined in "Lost Boys" as "a child stolen by spirits, or else the demon left in his place" (161)?

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

3. Who attempted to shut down the Barkley Marathons due to erosion and endangered plants?

4. In the conclusion of "Morphology of the Hit," the author writes, "Everything I find is stained by a certain residue" (78). What is the residue?

5. Who does the author describe as liking "to kill at parties because it makes his message more visible" in "La Frontera" (63)?

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