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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. Which of the following is the first line of “I Lean Out the Window and She Nods Off in Bed, the Needle Gently Rocking on the Bedside Table”?
(a) “While she sleeps, I paint.”
(b) “She twirls it in her left hand.”
(c) “Tonight I am riddled by this thick skull.”
(d) “Tonight the city is glimmered.”

2. To which of the following does the narrator compare road workers?
(a) Spiders.
(b) Fire ants.
(c) Locusts.
(d) Roaches.

3. Of which of the following does the narrator note her brother’s clothes smell?
(a) Candles.
(b) Oils.
(c) Wax.
(d) Matches.

4. Which of the following is the narrator named by “dark rosettes” (77)?
(a) Lynx.
(b) Cougar.
(c) Bobcat.
(d) Jaguar.

5. Before the gates of which of the following does the narrator offer to prostrate herself?
(a) Hawthorne.
(b) Thoreau.
(c) Whitman.
(d) Melville.

Short Answer Questions

1. To which of the following does the narrator note Santa Teresa sacrificed herself?

2. Which of the following is the first line of “Toward the Amaranth Gates of War or Love”?

3. Which of the following kinds of sailing ship does the narrator consider in “Monday Aubade”?

4. Which of the following items of clothing is noted to accompany Mojave Barbie?

5. Which of the following gaming systems does the narrator note as strewn across her parents’ floor?

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