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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many subjects were investigated for the study "Clinical, Epidemiologic, Histopathologic and Molecular Features of an Unexplained Dermopathy"?
(a) 265.
(b) 54.
(c) 115.
(d) 95.

2. What is El Chapo's nickname?
(a) Shorty.
(b) Pirate.
(c) Stewmaker.
(d) Mayor.

3. Who is the president that the tour guide speaks of in "Pain Tours (I)"?
(a) Carlos Mesa.
(b) Evo Morales.
(c) Hugo Banzer.
(d) Eduardo Rodriguez.

4. What is said to be the busiest land border in the world in "La Frontera"?
(a) Nuevo Leon.
(b) Sonora.
(c) Chihuahua.
(d) San Ysidro.

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

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

7. When did the CDC release the results of the study "Clinical, Epidemiologic, Histopathologic and Molecular Features of an Unexplained Dermopathy"?
(a) 2005.
(b) 2012.
(c) 2018.
(d) 2001.

8. What is the elevation of El Alto?
(a) 3,252 meters.
(b) 4,736 meters.
(c) 4,061 meters.
(d) 2,674 meters.

9. Where had the author traveled and been infected with a human botfly?
(a) Mexico.
(b) Bolivia.
(c) Nicaragua.
(d) Thailand.

10. Where is Dawn said to be a nurse in "Devil's Bait"?
(a) Pittsburgh.
(b) Cleveland.
(c) New Orleans.
(d) New York.

11. By what name does the author refer to her primary cardiologist whom she describes as having a cold and blunt demeanor in "The Empathy Exams"?
(a) Dr. J.
(b) Dr. R.
(c) Dr. G.
(d) Dr. M.

12. What is described in "Pain Tours (I)" as a disease one calls "the uniting of dust in the lungs" (81)?
(a) Tachycardia.
(b) Silicosis.
(c) Morgellons.
(d) Legionaire's.

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

14. The diagnosis of Morgellons disease began with a woman named Mary Leitao who took her son to a doctor in what year based on symptoms?
(a) 1989.
(b) 2001.
(c) 2005.
(d) 1995.

15. Where was the bar that the author went to after she was attacked in "Morphology of the Hit"?
(a) Cafe Bohemian.
(b) Tijuana Tilly's.
(c) Calle Calzada.
(d) The Echo Cafe.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who wrote Theory of Moral Sentiments?

2. Who defines "exoticism" as an experience that "posits the lure of difference while protecting its practitioners from close involvement" (85)?

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

4. When did the Rodney King Riots take place?

5. How old is Andrea described on the show Intervention in "Pain Tours (I)"?

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