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

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

3. How old is the character of Stephanie Phillips described as in "The Empathy Exams"?
(a) 29.
(b) 26.
(c) 21.
(d) 23.

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

5. In the conclusion of "Morphology of the Hit," the author writes, "Everything I find is stained by a certain residue" (78). What is the residue?
(a) "All that hope."
(b) "All that blood."
(c) "All that grease."
(d) "All that rain."

Short Answer Questions

1. How old does Leslie describe herself when she wanted to end her pregnancy in "The Empathy Exams"?

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

3. What was stolen from the author when she was punched?

4. Where does the author get on the bus for the Gang Tour in "Pain Tours (I)"?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How is San Ysidro described in "La Frontera"?

3. How does the author describe the television show's camera work in "Pain Tours (I)"?

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

5. What is Flarf poetry?

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

7. What information is related in the first case summary for Leslie Jamison in "The Empathy Exams"?

8. What is a medical actor? How is this job described by the author?

9. How does the author describe "The Australian" (38) in "Devil's Bait"?

10. How does the author describe Tijuana in "La Frontera"?

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