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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 is the title of the third section in "Pain Tours (I)"?
(a) "La Plata Perdida."
(b) "San Ysidro."
(c) "Indigenous to the Hood."
(d) "Sublime, Revisited."

2. What is the fee for the Gang Tour that is described in "Pain Tours (I)"?
(a) $25.
(b) $65.
(c) $50.
(d) $45.

3. 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) 2005.
(b) 1995.
(c) 2001.
(d) 1989.

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

5. What percentage of Morgellons patients are female, according to the author in "Devil's Bait"?
(a) 70%.
(b) 50%.
(c) 35%.
(d) 60%.

Short Answer Questions

1. When did Leslie and Dave first kiss, according to the author's narrative in "The Empathy Exams"?

2. Who is the tour guide on the Gang Tour who is named after a zodiac sign in "Pain Tours (I)"?

3. What nineteenth-century biologist is quoted in "Devil's Bait" with the words, "Sit down before fact as a little child, be prepared to give up every preconceived notion, follow humbly wherever and to whatever abyss Nature leads, or you shall learn nothing" (55)?

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

5. What Shakespearean play does the author reference in relation to her infection by a human botfly in "Devil's Bait"?

Short Essay Questions

1. What statue is described on the mining tour in "Pain Tours (I)"?

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

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

4. How is the road from Tijuana to Mexicali described in "La Frontera"?

5. How does the author demonstrate the American tendency to generalize Mexico in "La Frontera"?

6. Where did Morgellons originate, according to the author in "Devil's Bait"?

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

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

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

10. What is Flarf poetry?

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