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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. What color hair do the women who dance with Guy No-Horse have?
(a) Black.
(b) Red.
(c) Yellow.
(d) Brown.

2. Which of the following weapons does the narrator describe as “blue tapers” in “Lorca’s Red Dresses” (87)?
(a) Guns.
(b) Swords.
(c) Knives.
(d) Cannons.

3. In which of the following months is “Toward the Amaranth Gates of War or Love” set?
(a) August.
(b) July.
(c) June.
(d) September.

4. Which of the following does the narrator’s brother wants to kill him in “My Brother at 3 A.M.”?
(a) The drug dealers.
(b) The devil.
(c) The angel.
(d) The police.

5. Which of the following bones does the narrator’s brother mention in “How to Go to Dinner with a Brother on Drugs”?
(a) Radius.
(b) Ulna.
(c) Tibia.
(d) Humerus.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Which of the following is the first line of “The Facts of Art”?

3. 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?’”?

4. To which of the following does the narrator compare a shark’s jaws?

5. Which of the following does the narrator of “I Lean Out the Window and She Nods Off in Bed, the Needle Gently Rocking on the Bedside Table” report painting on her lover’s *belly*?

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