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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of the following does the narrator note her brother feeds “The slave girls” (1)?
(a) Trigo.
(b) Arroz.
(c) Frijoles.
(d) Maíz.

2. Which of the following is the *last* to be marked for “immeasurable gratitude” in the dedication of the book?
(a) Janet.
(b) Cecilia.
(c) Diane.
(d) Ted.

3. Which of the following does the narrator note is a way to close a wound?
(a) A Gatling.
(b) A Springfield.
(c) A Hotchkiss.
(d) A Howitzer.

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

5. To which of the following does the narrator compare her parents?
(a) Effigies.
(b) Energies.
(c) Effervescence.
(d) Eulogies.

6. Which of the following types of bread does Reservation Mary sell?
(a) Frybread.
(b) Pumpernickel.
(c) Pan dulce.
(d) Baguettes.

7. To which of the following does the narrator compare hunger in “Cloud Watching”?
(a) A bird.
(b) A cat.
(c) A dog.
(d) A mouse.

8. Which of the following is the color of Jimmy Eagle’s truck?
(a) White.
(b) Blue.
(c) Red.
(d) Gray.

9. Which of the following is the last line of “Prayers or Oubliettes”?
(a) “Oh, and those beautiful, beautiful baskets.”
(b) “To eat from your dark pie.”
(c) “With empty wine jugs at our heels.”
(d) “The mottled wings are the words to pain.”

10. Across which of the following rivers does the narrator row?
(a) Cocytus.
(b) Lethe.
(c) Acheron.
(d) Styx.

11. Which of the following is the first line of the title poem?
(a) “he lived in our basement and sacrificed my parents”
(b) “Angels don’t come to the reservation”
(c) “I watched a lion eat a man like a piece of fruit”
(d) “When we were children, we traced our knees”

12. Which of the following makes of car does the narrator note are between her legs?
(a) Volkswagon.
(b) Chrysler.
(c) BMW.
(d) Fiat.

13. Which of the following is the first line of “Reservation Grass”?
(a) “Betsy Ross needled hot stars to Mr. Washington’s bedspread.”
(b) “Corned beef comes on the first of every month.”
(c) “We smoke more grass than we ever promise to plant.”
(d) “I found your blue suitcases.”

14. Which of the following is the first line of “The Facts of Art”?
(a) “We smoke more grass than we ever promise to plant.”
(b) “We are born with spinning coins in place of eyes.”
(c) “The Arizona highway sailed across the desert.”
(d) “Despair has a loose daughter.”

15. Which of the following does Guy No-Horse himself yell?
(a) Yo-hoy!
(b) Hey!
(c) Listen!
(d) Ya-ha!

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Of which of the following fruits does the narrator note her brother’s clothes smell?

3. Which of the following gives Guy No-Horse his wheelchair?

4. Mojave Barbie has a tape of which of the following poets?

5. For which of the following is the phrase “Mojave necklace” a euphemism?

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