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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 trees does the narrator describe as “a requiem” in “Lorca’s Red Dresses” (87)?
(a) Olive.
(b) Pomegranate.
(c) Lemon.
(d) Fig.

2. To which of the following bones does the narrator compare herself and her interlocutor in “Dome Riddle”?
(a) Humerus and radius.
(b) Scapula and spine.
(c) Femur and pelvis.
(d) Maxilla and mandible.

3. Mojave Barbie has a tape of which of the following poets?
(a) Tracy K. Smith.
(b) Ray Young Bear.
(c) Joy Harjo.
(d) Leslie Marmon Silko.

4. Which of the following is the first line of “How to Go to Dinner with a Brother on Drugs”?
(a) “The phone rings—my brother was arrested again.”
(b) “—my parents live without light, groping.”
(c) “He sat cross-legged, weeping on the steps.”
(d) “If he’s wearing knives for eyes.”

5. How long does the narrator claim her mother has wept?
(a) 100 hours.
(b) 100 days.
(c) 100 months.
(d) 100 years.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following is the first line of “Lorca’s Red Dresses”?

2. In which of the following do Mojave Barbie and Ken conduct their assignations?

3. To which of the following does the narrator compare an apple in “I Watch Her Eat the Apple”?

4. To which of the following does the narrator compare methamphetamine?

5. Which of the following does the narrator include among “the perpetual exhibits” in her parents’ home (46)?

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