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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 “How to Go to Dinner with a Brother on Drugs”?
(a) “He sat cross-legged, weeping on the steps.”
(b) “The phone rings—my brother was arrested again.”
(c) “If he’s wearing knives for eyes.”
(d) “—my parents live without light, groping.”

2. With which of the following does the narrator associate Huitzliopochtli?
(a) Wren.
(b) Hummingbird.
(c) Mockingbird.
(d) Tanager.

3. To which of the following magicians does the narrator compare her brother?
(a) Potter.
(b) Copperfield.
(c) Merlin.
(d) Schmendrick.

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

5. Which of the following does the narrator associate with the loincloth of a greedy god?
(a) Bobcat.
(b) Cougar.
(c) Jaguar.
(d) Lynx.

Short Answer Questions

1. In posing a hypothetical about God, which of the following games does the narrator posit God might invent?

2. Behind which of the following does the narrator note her brother marches?

3. Which of the following is the first line of the title poem?

4. Which of the following small mammals does the narrator note signifies death?

5. Which of the following instruments does the narrator remark remain in museums?

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