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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 weapons does the narrator describe as “blue tapers” in “Lorca’s Red Dresses” (87)?
(a) Knives.
(b) Cannons.
(c) Swords.
(d) Guns.

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

3. Which make of truck does the narrator’s father drive?
(a) Ford.
(b) Dodge.
(c) Chevy.
(d) GMC.

4. Which of the following is the first line of “I Watch Her Eat the Apple”?
(a) “Tonight the city is glimmered.”
(b) “Tonight I am riddled by this thick skull.”
(c) “While she sleeps, I paint.”
(d) “She twirls it in her left hand.”

5. To which of the following does the narrator note Santa Teresa sacrificed herself?
(a) Fangs.
(b) Horns.
(c) Antlers.
(d) Claws.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following items of jewelry is noted to accompany Mojave Barbie?

2. To which of the following *bones* does the narrator compare a skull in “Dome Riddle”?

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 admits the narrator’s brother back home in “My Brother at 3 A.M.”?

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