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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. To which of the following does the narrator compare an apple in “I Watch Her Eat the Apple”?
(a) Grenade.
(b) Mortar.
(c) Bazooka.
(d) Landmine.

2. Which of the following is the first line of “Prayers or Oubliettes”?
(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. In which of the following facilities had the narrator’s brother resided?
(a) Rancho Cucamonga.
(b) Joshua Tree.
(c) Mountain View.
(d) Adelanto.

4. In “Zoology,” which of the following does the narrator note being poised to eat?
(a) El gato.
(b) El perro.
(c) La águila.
(d) El burro.

5. Which of the following is the first line of “Why I Don’t Mention Flowers When Conversations with My Brother Reach Uncomfortable Silences”?
(a) “There are certain words.”
(b) “I dipped my fingers in the candle wax at church.”
(c) “In the Kashmir mountains.”
(d) “My brother still hears the tanks.”

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following is the first section of “Downhill Triolets”?

2. Along which of the following does the narrator’s brother stumble?

3. On which of the following roads does the narrator stop in “Formication”?

4. Which of the following is the first line of “Orange Alert”?

5. Which of the following is the first line of “Apotheosis of Kiss”?

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