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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 does the author describe seeing an ex-boyfriend who offered her a line of coke on someone's steamer trunk in "Morphology of the Hit"?
(a) Jacksonville.
(b) Memphis.
(c) Williamsburg.
(d) Park Slope.

2. Where did Leslie Jamison earn her Ph.D. in English literature?
(a) Harvard.
(b) Yale.
(c) NYU.
(d) Princeton.

3. Who is the tour guide on the Gang Tour who is named after a zodiac sign in "Pain Tours (I)"?
(a) Virgo.
(b) Capricorn.
(c) Leo.
(d) Aries.

4. Where was OJ Simpson's wife killed?
(a) Koreatown.
(b) Silverlake.
(c) Venice.
(d) Brentwood.

5. What kind of avant-garde poetry is Marco described as being interested in, in "La Frontera"?
(a) Flarf poetry.
(b) Modernist poetry.
(c) Beat poetry.
(d) Broadside poetry.

Short Answer Questions

1. How old was Stephanie Phillips's character when her father died, according to her script in "The Empathy Exams"?

2. What does the author describe winning in the conference lottery in "Devil's Bait"?

3. On what mountain does the author describe the silver mines in "Pain Tours (I)"?

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

5. Where is Dawn said to be a nurse in "Devil's Bait"?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does the author say she made Dr. M a villain in her story in "The Empathy Exams"?

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

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

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

5. What did the author do after the central event occurred in "Morphology of the Hit"?

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

7. What information is related in the first case summary for Leslie Jamison in "The Empathy Exams"?

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

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

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

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