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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section III, “1. I Watch Her Eat the Apple” to “9. Of Course She Looked Back”.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of the following is the first line of “Black Magic Brother”?
(a) “Houdini arrived first, with Antigone on his arm.”
(b) “My brother’s shadow flutters from his shoulders, a magician’s cape.”
(c) “When my brother died.”
(d) “Thaïs has burst my shirt to flames, you say.”

2. Which of the following items of jewelry is noted to accompany Mojave Barbie?
(a) Earrings.
(b) Bracelets.
(c) Finger rings.
(d) Necklaces.

3. In posing a hypothetical about God, which of the following games does the narrator posit God might invent?
(a) White Man Checkers.
(b) White Man Chess.
(c) Black Man Chess.
(d) Red Man Chess.

4. Which of the following publications is noted to accompany Mojave Barbie?
(a) Indian Country Today.
(b) Los Angeles Times.
(c) Ojai News.
(d) Texas Country Reporter.

5. Which of the following is the first line of “Other Small Thundering”?
(a) “Despair has a loose daughter.”
(b) “We are born with spinning coins in place of eyes.”
(c) “We smoke more grass than we ever promise to plant.”
(d) “The Arizona highway sailed across the desert.”

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following is the first line of “When the Beloved Asks, ‘What Would You Do if You Work Up and I Was a Shark?’”?

2. Which of the following is the first line of “I Watch Her Eat the Apple”?

3. Which of the following is the first line of “Mercy Songs to Melancholy”?

4. Which of the following does the narrator’s brother wants to kill him in “My Brother at 3 A.M.”?

5. Which of the following is the first line of “No More Cake Here”?

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