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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section III, “10. Apotheosis of Kiss” to “16. A Wild Life Zoo” and Back Matter.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of the following is the first line of “Black Magic Brother”?
(a) “When my brother died.”
(b) “Thaïs has burst my shirt to flames, you say.”
(c) “Houdini arrived first, with Antigone on his arm.”
(d) “My brother’s shadow flutters from his shoulders, a magician’s cape.”

2. Which of the following groups does Diaz acknowledge in her list of acknowledgements?
(a) The Courting Risk Reading Series.
(b) The Bread Loaf Writers’ Conference.
(c) The Sunday Evening Writing Series.
(d) The Thursday Night Reading Series.

3. Which of the following is the last line of “Monday Aubade”?
(a) “and the neighbors begging her name.”
(b) “But that’s like apples and oranges.”
(c) “the Dawns are heartbreaking.”
(d) “her bare brown toes.”

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

5. Which of the following gaming systems does the narrator note as strewn across her parents’ floor?
(a) Atari.
(b) Colecovision.
(c) Nintendo.
(d) Commodore.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following is the first thing Houdini drops through Jesus’s right hand?

2. In “Zoology,” which of the following does the narrator note being poised to eat?

3. In “Self-Portrait as a Chimera,” the narrator’s mother has a temple at which of the following?

4. In a grove of which of the following does the narrator’s brother preside?

5. Which of the following kinds of shell does the narrator consider in “Monday Aubade”?

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