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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. When does the author describe her trip to Tijuana and Mexicali for the literary conference in "La Frontera"?
(a) 2010.
(b) 2005.
(c) 2012.
(d) 2008.

4. Who wrote Theory of Moral Sentiments?
(a) Ann Marie Clover.
(b) Adam Smith.
(c) Susan Sontag.
(d) James Baldwin.

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

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

7. Who wrote "Everyone who is born holds dual citizenship in the kingdom of the well and in the kingdom of the sick" (37)?
(a) Charles Darwin.
(b) Adam Smith.
(c) Susan Sontag.
(d) Thomas Huxley.

8. What is the opening line for the character of Stephanie Phillips, according to the narrative in "The Empathy Exams" (11)?
(a) "I am suffering from depression."
(b) "I've had seizures for two years, since my brother's death."
(c) "I want to terminate my pregnancy."
(d) "I'm having these seizures and no one knows why."

9. When did the Rodney King Riots take place?
(a) 1989.
(b) 1999.
(c) 1992.
(d) 1996.

10. Where is Jean Decety as psychologist, according to the author in "The Empathy Exams"?
(a) Louisiana State University.
(b) The University of New Orleans.
(c) The University of Chicago.
(d) Yale University.

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

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

13. 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) Thomas Huxley.
(b) Adam Smith.
(c) Charles Darwin.
(d) Susan Sontag.

14. When did the seizures of Stephanie Phillips's character begin, according to her script in "The Empathy Exams"?
(a) 6 months ago.
(b) 1 year ago.
(c) 2 years ago.
(d) 4 years ago.

15. Who does the author describe as liking "to kill at parties because it makes his message more visible" in "La Frontera" (63)?
(a) El Diablo.
(b) El Chapo.
(c) El Leo.
(d) El Teo.

Short Answer Questions

1. When was the study "The Structure of Empathy" conducted that the author describes in "The Empathy Exams"?

2. What is the title of the third section in "Pain Tours (I)"?

3. How many subjects were investigated for the study "Clinical, Epidemiologic, Histopathologic and Molecular Features of an Unexplained Dermopathy"?

4. What is the statue called that the author describes passing on her way out from the mining tour in "Pain Tours (I)"?

5. What word from "The Empathy Exams" refers to the theory that the self is all that can be known to exist?

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