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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. In “Self-Portrait as a Chimera,” the narrator’s mother has a temple at which of the following?
(a) Her head.
(b) Her neck.
(c) Her belly.
(d) Her breast.

2. Which of the following describes the suit in “Mercy Songs to Melancholy”?
(a) Charcoal three-piece.
(b) Charcoal two-piece.
(c) Navy two-piece.
(d) Navy three-piece.

3. In “Zoology,” from which of the following does the narrator’s father bring home a putative zebra?
(a) Sonora.
(b) Chihuahua.
(c) Sinoloa.
(d) Durango.

4. Which seeds accompany the addressee of “Mercy Songs to Melancholy”?
(a) Sunflower.
(b) White poplar.
(c) Black poppy.
(d) Black poplar.

5. To which of the following *bones* does the narrator compare a skull in “Dome Riddle”?
(a) Patella.
(b) Fibula.
(c) Tibia.
(d) Femur.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Which of the following does the narrator’s brother wants to kill him in “My Brother at 3 A.M.”?

3. Which of the following is the first line of “I Watch Her Eat the Apple”?

4. Which of the following kinds of shell does the narrator consider in “When the Beloved Asks, ‘What Would You Do if You Work Up and I Was a Shark?’”?

5. Which of the following does the narrator associate with the loincloth of a greedy god?

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