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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. Where is Rita said to be from in "Devil's Bait"?
(a) Little Rock.
(b) Austin.
(c) Memphis.
(d) Dallas.
2. What is described in "Pain Tours (I)" as a disease one calls "the uniting of dust in the lungs" (81)?
(a) Legionaire's.
(b) Morgellons.
(c) Silicosis.
(d) Tachycardia.
3. What is the elevation of El Alto?
(a) 4,061 meters.
(b) 4,736 meters.
(c) 2,674 meters.
(d) 3,252 meters.
4. How old does Leslie describe herself when she wanted to end her pregnancy in "The Empathy Exams"?
(a) 27.
(b) 25.
(c) 21.
(d) 23.
5. What 18th-century philosopher proposed the notion of "negative pain" (83), according to the author in "Pain Tours (I)"?
(a) Edmund Burke.
(b) Adam Smith.
(c) Charles Darwin.
(d) Thomas Huxley.
Short Answer Questions
1. Where is the Morgellons convention that the author describes attending in "Devil's Bait"?
2. Who wrote Theory of Moral Sentiments?
3. What was Leslie's brother diagnosed with while in Sweden, according to her narrative in "The Empathy Exams"?
4. What does the author describe winning in the conference lottery in "Devil's Bait"?
5. What kind of avant-garde poetry is Marco described as being interested in, in "La Frontera"?
Short Essay Questions
1. Why does the author say she made Dr. M a villain in her story in "The Empathy Exams"?
2. What is a medical actor? How is this job described by the author?
3. Why was the author traveling to Mexico in "La Frontera"?
4. Who wrote Morphology of the Folktale? What is it about?
5. What is the central event in "Morphology of the Hit"?
6. How is the tour described in "Indigenous to the Hood" in "Pain Tours (I)"?
7. How does the author demonstrate the American tendency to generalize Mexico in "La Frontera"?
8. How is the road from Tijuana to Mexicali described in "La Frontera"?
9. How does the author describe the television show's camera work in "Pain Tours (I)"?
10. How does the author describe "The Australian" (38) in "Devil's Bait"?
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