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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the statue called that the author describes passing on her way out from the mining tour in "Pain Tours (I)"?
(a) Tio.
(b) Diablo.
(c) El Torro.
(d) Leo.

2. What "is the clinical name for shared delusions" (36)?
(a) Laurie a deux.
(b) Omniscient hallucinations.
(c) Articulate reasoning.
(d) Folie a deux.

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

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

5. Who is described as the tour guide for the silver mines in "Pain Tours (I)"?
(a) Favio.
(b) Pedro.
(c) Rico.
(d) Luis.

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

7. Where does Leslie describe going to have an abortion performed in "The Empathy Exams"?
(a) Parkmed NYC.
(b) Planned Parenthood.
(c) Brooklyn Abortion Clinic.
(d) Early Options.

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

9. Where does the author describe seeing an ex-boyfriend who offered her a line of coke on someone's steamer trunk in "Morphology of the Hit"?
(a) Memphis.
(b) Park Slope.
(c) Williamsburg.
(d) Jacksonville.

10. When did Leslie and Dave first kiss, according to the author's narrative in "The Empathy Exams"?
(a) 2008.
(b) 2003.
(c) 2005.
(d) 2010.

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

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

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

14. Where is Lenny said to be from in "Devil's Bait"?
(a) Ohio.
(b) Arkansas.
(c) Texas.
(d) Oklahoma.

15. Who designed and built Watts Towers?
(a) Graham Huggan.
(b) Susan Sontag.
(c) Vladimir Propp.
(d) Simon Rodia.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many men are said to have been eaten by the mountain with the silver mines in "Pain Tours (I)"?

2. How old is the character of Stephanie Phillips described as in "The Empathy Exams"?

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

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

5. By what name does the author refer to the doctor who performed her heart operation in "The Empathy Exams"?

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