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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The diagnosis of Morgellons disease began with a woman named Mary Leitao who took her son to a doctor in what year based on symptoms?
(a) 1989.
(b) 2005.
(c) 2001.
(d) 1995.

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

3. Who wrote "Being a spectator of calamaties taking place in another country is a quintessential modern experience" (87)?
(a) Vladimir Propp.
(b) Graham Huggan.
(c) Edmund Burke.
(d) Susan Sontag.

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

5. How far along is Leslie in her pregnancy in the script she presents for herself in "The Empathy Exams"?
(a) 6 and 1/2 weeks.
(b) 7 and 1/2 weeks.
(c) 5 and 1/2 weeks.
(d) 3 and 1/2 weeks.

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. What is the first section of "Pain Tours (I)" titled?

3. On what mountain does the author describe the silver mines in "Pain Tours (I)"?

4. Where is Rita said to be from in "Devil's Bait"?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Morgellons disease?

2. How is El Alto described in "Pain Tours (I)"?

3. Where does the author describe the conference being held in "Devil's Bait"?

4. Why is "Checklist item 31" generally acknowledged as the most important in "The Empathy Exams"?

5. What does the author describe as her experience with a parasite under the skin in "Devil's Bait"?

6. What television show is described in the section called "Sublime, Revised" in "Pain Tours (I)"?

7. How is Favio described in "Pain Tours (I)"?

8. Why was the author traveling to Mexico in "La Frontera"?

9. How is the tour described in "Indigenous to the Hood" in "Pain Tours (I)"?

10. How did Dawn characterize the difference between doctors and nurses in "Devil's Bait"?

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