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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section III, “1. I Watch Her Eat the Apple” to “9. Of Course She Looked Back”.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. With which of the following greenish semiprecious stones does the narrator’s brother reportedly always return?
(a) Chacedony.
(b) Serpentine.
(c) Aventurine.
(d) Jade.

2. Which of the following is the surname of the titular “Reservation Mary”?
(a) Edney.
(b) May.
(c) Taylor.
(d) Lambert.

3. To which of the following does the narrator compare her parents?
(a) Energies.
(b) Effervescence.
(c) Effigies.
(d) Eulogies.

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

5. Which of the following sounds does the narrator of “Of Course She Looked Back” report hearing?
(a) Roosters howling.
(b) Pigeons howling.
(c) Winds howling.
(d) Dogs howling.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many stanzas does “Jimmy Eagle’s Hot Cowboy Boots Blues” have?

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

3. Which of the following is the narrator named by “dark rosettes” (77)?

4. To which of the following bones does the narrator compare herself and her interlocutor in “Dome Riddle”?

5. Which of the following trees does the narrator describe as “a requiem” in “Lorca’s Red Dresses” (87)?

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