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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 old does Leslie describe herself when she wanted to end her pregnancy in "The Empathy Exams"?
2. When did Leslie and Dave first kiss, according to the author's narrative in "The Empathy Exams"?
3. What does the author say there was nothing of in the attack when she was punched in "Morphology of the Hit"?
4. Where did the author teach Spanish to kids in Nicaragua?
5. Where is the Morgellons convention that the author describes attending in "Devil's Bait"?
Short Essay Questions
1. How does the author demonstrate the American tendency to generalize Mexico in "La Frontera"?
2. Where did Morgellons originate, according to the author in "Devil's Bait"?
3. Where does the author describe living in "Morphology of the Hit"? What was she doing there?
4. How is Stephanie Phillips's physical presentation and tone described in "The Empathy Exams"?
5. How is the tour described in "Indigenous to the Hood" in "Pain Tours (I)"?
6. Why was the author traveling to Mexico in "La Frontera"?
7. Why is "Checklist item 31" generally acknowledged as the most important in "The Empathy Exams"?
8. How did Dawn characterize the difference between doctors and nurses in "Devil's Bait"?
9. What is Morgellons disease?
10. What is a medical actor? How is this job described by the author?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
How is metaphor central in "In Defense of Saccharin(e)"? What is the central metaphor in the essay? How do you relate to this metaphor? Is this metaphor effective in illustrating the author's points in the essay?
Essay Topic 2
Discuss the importance of setting in "Pain Tours" (I). What settings are described in this three-part essay? How are these settings similar? How are they different? How do these settings connect to the theme(s) of this essay?
Essay Topic 3
Discuss the theme of guilt in "Morphology of the Hit." Why does the author describe feeling guilt after her assault? How did the guilt that emerged from that event change the author? How did it shape her perceptions of empathy?
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