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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section II.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Which of the following does the narrator associate with her menstruation?
(a) Wagon train.
(b) Passenger train.
(c) Wedding train.
(d) Cattle train.

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

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

5. Which of the following avians is on the costume with which the narrator is provided for Halloween?
(a) Mayura.
(b) Thunderbird.
(c) Roc.
(d) Phoenix.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following does the collection present as the definition of formication?

2. Which of the following does Reservation Mary’s suitor buy for her?

3. Which of the following bones does the narrator’s brother mention in “How to Go to Dinner with a Brother on Drugs”?

4. Which of the following does the narrator note is stamped on the side of the box of raisins?

5. In posing a hypothetical about God, of which of the following does the narrator suggest God might have wings?

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