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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was stolen from the author when she was punched?
(a) Her watch and ring.
(b) Her phone and bookbag.
(c) Her wallet and camera.
(d) Her books.

2. What does the author say there was nothing of in the attack when she was punched in "Morphology of the Hit"?
(a) Deception.
(b) Certainty.
(c) Deliberation.
(d) Empathy.

3. What program on the internet does the author describe where you can generate your own fairy tale?
(a) "Meta Tale."
(b) "Digital Propp."
(c) "Digital Tales."
(d) "Digital Story."

4. Who in "La Frontera" is described as "the Stewmaker" that dissolves his victims in acid?
(a) El Diablo.
(b) El Chapo.
(c) El Teo.
(d) El Pozolero.

5. About how long are the scripts for medical actors, according to the author in "The Empathy Exams"?
(a) 5-6 pages.
(b) 2-3 pages.
(c) 10-12 pages.
(d) 15-20 pages.

6. Who is the tour guide on the Gang Tour who is named after a zodiac sign in "Pain Tours (I)"?
(a) Leo.
(b) Virgo.
(c) Aries.
(d) Capricorn.

7. By what name does the author refer to the doctor who performed her heart operation in "The Empathy Exams"?
(a) Dr. M.
(b) Dr. J.
(c) Dr. G.
(d) Dr. R.

8. What kind of avant-garde poetry is Marco described as being interested in, in "La Frontera"?
(a) Modernist poetry.
(b) Broadside poetry.
(c) Flarf poetry.
(d) Beat poetry.

9. What is the title of the third section in "Pain Tours (I)"?
(a) "San Ysidro."
(b) "Indigenous to the Hood."
(c) "Sublime, Revisited."
(d) "La Plata Perdida."

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

11. Where does one take the bus after landing in El Alto in order to reach the highest city in the world?
(a) Tarja.
(b) La Paz.
(c) Ororu.
(d) Sucre.

12. What 18th-century philosopher proposed the notion of "negative pain" (83), according to the author in "Pain Tours (I)"?
(a) Edmund Burke.
(b) Adam Smith.
(c) Charles Darwin.
(d) Thomas Huxley.

13. How many classrooms were in the school where the author taught Spanish to kids in Nicaragua?
(a) 3.
(b) 2.
(c) 4.
(d) 6.

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

15. Where does the author get on the bus for the Gang Tour in "Pain Tours (I)"?
(a) Silverlake.
(b) Watts.
(c) Beverly Hills.
(d) San Diego.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the president that the tour guide speaks of in "Pain Tours (I)"?

2. Who was Stephanie Phillips's brother that drowned, according to her script in "The Empathy Exams"?

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

4. How old was Stephanie Phillips's character when her father died, according to her script in "The Empathy Exams"?

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

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