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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 color of Jimmy Eagle’s truck?
(a) Gray.
(b) White.
(c) Red.
(d) Blue.

2. In “Self-Portrait as a Chimera,” the narrator’s mother has a temple at which of the following?
(a) Her neck.
(b) Her breast.
(c) Her head.
(d) Her belly.

3. On which of the following roads does the narrator stop in “Formication”?
(a) Highway 66.
(b) Highway 95.
(c) Interstate 40.
(d) Interstate 10.

4. Which of the following flowers does the narrator note as present in her parents’ home?
(a) Aliantha.
(b) Orchid.
(c) Philodendron.
(d) Lantana.

5. Which of the following is the first thing Houdini drops through Jesus’s right hand?
(a) A butter knife.
(b) A steak knife.
(c) A candelabra.
(d) A spade.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following does the narrator of “Toward the Amaranth Gates of War or Love” claim is the purpose of war?

2. Before the gates of which of the following does the narrator offer to prostrate herself?

3. To which of the following does the narrator compare herself in “How to Go to Dinner with a Brother on Drugs”?

4. How many children does the narrator note her father has?

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

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