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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 “Mercy Songs to Melancholy”?
(a) “I found your blue suitcases.”
(b) “Betsy Ross needled hot stars to Mr. Washington’s bedspread.”
(c) “We smoke more grass than we ever promise to plant.”
(d) “Who mines her throat?”

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

3. Along which of the following does the narrator’s brother stumble?
(a) La Avenida de los Muertos.
(b) Via Muerte.
(c) Avenida Real.
(d) El Camino de los Muertos.

4. Which of the following does the narrator of “I Lean Out the Window and She Nods Off in Bed, the Needle Gently Rocking on the Bedside Table” report painting on her lover’s *belly*?
(a) Dates.
(b) Persimmons.
(c) Pomegranates.
(d) Figs.

5. To which meal are Ken and Skipper confined?
(a) Eggs and pancakes.
(b) Pancakes and bacon.
(c) Eggs and bacon.
(d) Cold cereal.

Short Answer Questions

1. For which of the following holidays does the narrator’s brother dress in “How to Go to Dinner with a Brother on Drugs”?

2. Which seeds accompany the addressee of “Mercy Songs to Melancholy”?

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

4. Which of the following fruits does the narrator of “Toward the Amaranth Gates of War or Love” include among “all the things we want to taste” (75)?

5. In “Zoology,” which of the following does the narrator note being poised to eat?

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