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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section III, “10. Apotheosis of Kiss” to “16. A Wild Life Zoo” and Back Matter.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of the following is the first line of “Apotheosis of Kiss”?
(a) “In the Kashmir mountains.”
(b) “There are certain words.”
(c) “My brother still hears the tanks.”
(d) “I dipped my fingers in the candle wax at church.”

2. Of which of the following fruits does the narrator note her brother’s clothes smell?
(a) Nectarines.
(b) Pears.
(c) Peaches.
(d) Plums.

3. Which of the following appliance brands does the narrator note as strewn across her parents’ floor?
(a) Maytag.
(b) LG.
(c) Amana.
(d) Electorlux.

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

5. To which of the following luchadores does the narrator compare her father?
(a) Rey Mysterio.
(b) El Santo.
(c) Mil Máscaras.
(d) Místico.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following does the narrator associate with the loincloth of a greedy god?

2. In which of the following months is “Toward the Amaranth Gates of War or Love” set?

3. Which of the following do Guy No-Horse’s observers yell?

4. Which of the following is the last line of “Prayers or Oubliettes”?

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

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