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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. To which of the following fruits does the narrator compare a person’s hurts?
(a) Dates.
(b) Persimmons.
(c) Figs.
(d) Pomegranates.

2. Which of the following is the first line of “Why I Don’t Mention Flowers When Conversations with My Brother Reach Uncomfortable Silences”?
(a) “I dipped my fingers in the candle wax at church.”
(b) “In the Kashmir mountains.”
(c) “There are certain words.”
(d) “My brother still hears the tanks.”

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

4. Which of the following does the narrator associate with her menstruation?
(a) Cattle train.
(b) Passenger train.
(c) Wedding train.
(d) Wagon train.

5. Which of the following sodas does the woman with no legs drink?
(a) Diet Pepsi.
(b) Diet Mountain Dew.
(c) Diet Coke.
(d) Diet Dr Pepper.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following weapons does the narrator describe as “blue tapers” in “Lorca’s Red Dresses” (87)?

2. With which of the following dusts does the narrator note her brother glimmers?

3. To which of the following semi-precious stones does the narrator compare her front yard?

4. To which of the following does the narrator compare herself in “How to Go to Dinner with a Brother on Drugs”?

5. Which of the following is the first section of “Downhill Triolets”?

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