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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. How many men are said to have been eaten by the mountain with the silver mines in "Pain Tours (I)"?
(a) 6 million.
(b) 1 million.
(c) 4 million.
(d) 2 million.

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

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

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

7. Where did Paul say he had developed Morgellons disease?
(a) On a cross-country hike.
(b) At a hotel.
(c) In Bolivia.
(d) On a fishing trip.

8. What word from "The Empathy Exams" refers to the theory that the self is all that can be known to exist?
(a) Epicism.
(b) Solipism.
(c) Cronism.
(d) Narcissism.

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

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

11. What is Adan's profession said to be in "La Frontera"?
(a) He is a novelist.
(b) He is a psychiatrist.
(c) He is a college dean.
(d) He is a marketing agent.

12. How old was Stephanie Phillips's character when her father died, according to her script in "The Empathy Exams"?
(a) 6.
(b) 2.
(c) 12.
(d) 9.

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

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

15. On what mountain does the author describe the silver mines in "Pain Tours (I)"?
(a) Illimani.
(b) Illampu.
(c) Cerro Rico.
(d) Nevado Sajama.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the fee for the Gang Tour that is described in "Pain Tours (I)"?

2. How far is Mexicali from Tijuana?

3. How old was Andrea when she was raped, according to the narrative in "Pain Tours (I)"?

4. 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"?

5. Who is described as the father of Andrea's children in "Pain Tours (I)"?

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