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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is the founder and guide of the Gang Tour, according to the author in "Pain Tours (I)"?
(a) Jack.
(b) Juan.
(c) Roger.
(d) Alfred.

2. 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) Williamsburg.
(b) Memphis.
(c) Park Slope.
(d) Jacksonville.

3. How old does Leslie describe herself when she wanted to end her pregnancy in "The Empathy Exams"?
(a) 21.
(b) 25.
(c) 27.
(d) 23.

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

5. Who wrote Morphology of the Folktale?
(a) Thomas Huxley.
(b) Charles Darwin.
(c) Vladimir Propp.
(d) Adam Smith.

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

7. Who was Stephanie Phillips's brother that drowned, according to her script in "The Empathy Exams"?
(a) Jason.
(b) Adam.
(c) Jack.
(d) Will.

8. 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)?
(a) Susan Sontag.
(b) Thomas Huxley.
(c) Charles Darwin.
(d) Adam Smith.

9. What does the author say her face will always remind her of in the end of "Morphology of the Hit"?
(a) Fear.
(b) A stranger.
(c) The dark.
(d) Nicaragua.

10. What was Leslie's brother diagnosed with while in Sweden, according to her narrative in "The Empathy Exams"?
(a) Epilepsy.
(b) Bell's palsy.
(c) Scoliosis.
(d) Tachychardia.

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

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where are the Pastor and his church congregation on the Gang Tour said to be from in "Pain Tours (I)"?

2. How many classrooms were in the school where the author taught Spanish to kids in Nicaragua?

3. What 18th-century philosopher proposed the notion of "negative pain" (83), according to the author in "Pain Tours (I)"?

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

5. What is Paola's profession said to be in "La Frontera"?

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