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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 one take the bus after landing in El Alto in order to reach the highest city in the world?
(a) Ororu.
(b) La Paz.
(c) Sucre.
(d) Tarja.

2. Where did the author teach Spanish to kids in Nicaragua?
(a) Leon.
(b) Grenada.
(c) Managua.
(d) Esteli.

3. What was Leslie's brother diagnosed with while in Sweden, according to her narrative in "The Empathy Exams"?
(a) Tachychardia.
(b) Epilepsy.
(c) Scoliosis.
(d) Bell's palsy.

4. What Shakespearean play does the author reference in relation to her infection by a human botfly in "Devil's Bait"?
(a) Romeo and Juliet.
(b) Othello.
(c) Hamlet.
(d) Macbeth.

5. 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)?
(a) Thomas Huxley.
(b) Adam Smith.
(c) Charles Darwin.
(d) Susan Sontag.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who in "La Frontera" is described as "the Stewmaker" that dissolves his victims in acid?

2. What is Paola's profession said to be in "La Frontera"?

3. Where are the Pastor and his church congregation on the Gang Tour said to be from in "Pain Tours (I)"?

4. What does the author describe as her interdiction of her story in "Morphology of the Hit" (70)?

5. How old is the character of Stephanie Phillips described as in "The Empathy Exams"?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why is "Checklist item 31" generally acknowledged as the most important in "The Empathy Exams"?

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

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

4. What does the author describe as her experience with a parasite under the skin in "Devil's Bait"?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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