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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 “The Elephants”?
(a) “There are certain words.”
(b) “My brother still hears the tanks.”
(c) “In the Kashmir mountains.”
(d) “I dipped my fingers in the candle wax at church.”

2. In which of the following periodicals does Diaz note previously publishing a work from her collection?
(a) Texana.
(b) The Southwest Review.
(c) The Southeast Review.
(d) The Midwest Review.

3. To which of the following does the narrator compare herself in “How to Go to Dinner with a Brother on Drugs”?
(a) Cassius.
(b) Judas.
(c) Brutus.
(d) Arnold.

4. Which of the following canids does the narrator note signifies death?
(a) Foxes.
(b) Coyotes.
(c) Wolves.
(d) Chihuahuas.

5. Which of the following do Guy No-Horse’s observers yell?
(a) Ya-ha!
(b) Listen!
(c) Yo-hoy!
(d) Hey!

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following is the first line of “Lorca’s Red Dresses”?

2. To which meal are Ken and Skipper confined?

3. To which of the following *bones* does the narrator compare a skull in “Dome Riddle”?

4. Which of the following does Guy No-Horse himself yell?

5. Which of the following libations does the narrator assert angels drink from silver cups?

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