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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 does the author say her face will always remind her of in the end of "Morphology of the Hit"?
(a) The dark.
(b) A stranger.
(c) Nicaragua.
(d) Fear.

2. Who is the founder and guide of the Gang Tour, according to the author in "Pain Tours (I)"?
(a) Juan.
(b) Alfred.
(c) Jack.
(d) Roger.

3. 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) Epilepsy.
(d) Glaucoma.

4. What 18th-century philosopher proposed the notion of "negative pain" (83), according to the author in "Pain Tours (I)"?
(a) Thomas Huxley.
(b) Edmund Burke.
(c) Charles Darwin.
(d) Adam Smith.

5. What is the first section of "Pain Tours (I)" titled?
(a) "La Plata Perdida."
(b) "Indigenous to the Hood."
(c) "Sublime, Revisited."
(d) "San Ysidro."

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who designed and built Watts Towers?

3. Where is the Morgellons convention that the author describes attending in "Devil's Bait"?

4. Who wrote "Everyone who is born holds dual citizenship in the kingdom of the well and in the kingdom of the sick" (37)?

5. What is the statue called that the author describes passing on her way out from the mining tour in "Pain Tours (I)"?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

6. What is the basic case summary for Stephanie Phillips in "The Empathy Exams"?

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

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

9. What is Morgellons disease?

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

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