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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. How far along is Leslie in her pregnancy in the script she presents for herself in "The Empathy Exams"?

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

3. What is said to be the busiest land border in the world in "La Frontera"?

4. What was Leslie's brother diagnosed with while in Sweden, according to her narrative in "The Empathy Exams"?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. How is the narrative related in "The Empathy Exams"?

2. How is Stephanie Phillips's physical presentation and tone described in "The Empathy Exams"?

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

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

5. How does the author describe her relationship with Dave in "The Empathy Exams"?

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

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

8. Where does the author describe living in "Morphology of the Hit"? What was she doing there?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe the trial of the West Memphis Three. Who were the victims in this case? Who were the accused? What were the accused charged with? What were their sentences?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the theme/motif of physical pain in The Empathy Exams. What are examples of physical pain as described in narratives by the author? How does physical pain relate to empathy? How does it differ in that relation from mental pain?

Essay Topic 3

Describe and discuss Charlie Engle. Where did the author meet Charlie? What led to his imprisonment? What did Leslie learn through her correspondence with and her visit to see Charlie? How does the essay "Fog Count" explore the theme of empathy?

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