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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. By what name does the author refer to the doctor who performed her heart operation in "The Empathy Exams"?
(a) Dr. J.
(b) Dr. M.
(c) Dr. R.
(d) Dr. G.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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) Nicaragua.
(d) The dark.

10. What does the author describe writing papers about when she began graduate school in "Morphology of the Hit"?
(a) The practice of empathy.
(b) The practice of organization.
(c) The practice of medical writing.
(d) The practice of rereading.

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

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

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

14. What is the new LA County jail called, according to the author in "Pain Tours (I)"?
(a) The Beacon.
(b) The Twin Towers.
(c) The Yumbo.
(d) The Red Spire.

15. Where did the author teach Spanish to kids in Nicaragua?
(a) Leon.
(b) Managua.
(c) Grenada.
(d) Esteli.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did the tour guide for the Gang Tour call the rats in prison?

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

3. What is the capital of Sinaloa?

4. When did the CDC release the results of the study "Clinical, Epidemiologic, Histopathologic and Molecular Features of an Unexplained Dermopathy"?

5. What is said to be the busiest land border in the world in "La Frontera"?

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