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

2. From which of the following does the narrator lick apple juice in “I Watch Her Eat the Apple”?
(a) Her beloved’s palm.
(b) Her beloved’s chin.
(c) Her beloved’s chest.
(d) Her beloved’s lips.

3. With which of the following dusts does the narrator note her brother glimmers?
(a) Diamond.
(b) Pixie.
(c) Woofle.
(d) Vacuum.

4. To which of the following does the narrator’s father compare his children?
(a) Hyenas.
(b) Cougars.
(c) Coyotes.
(d) Aardwolves.

5. Of which of the following does the narrator name herself a queen?
(a) Pica.
(b) Orthorexia.
(c) Rumination.
(d) Bulimia.

6. Which of the following does the narrator associate with the headdress of a greedy god?
(a) Blooming amaranths.
(b) Green feathers.
(c) Red feathers.
(d) White antlers.

7. Which make of truck does the narrator’s father drive?
(a) Chevy.
(b) Dodge.
(c) Ford.
(d) GMC.

8. Which of the following kinds of trees does the narrator report dreaming in “Monday Aubade”?
(a) Oak.
(b) Salt cedar.
(c) Juniper.
(d) Mesquite.

9. Which of the following flowers does the narrator note as present in her parents’ home?
(a) Lantana.
(b) Aliantha.
(c) Orchid.
(d) Philodendron.

10. Which of the following is the first line of “When the Beloved Asks, ‘What Would You Do if You Work Up and I Was a Shark?’”?
(a) “You would have, too.”
(b) “Tonight, after reading Lorca’s Cante jondo, I’m ready, dressed.”
(c) “To be next to you again.”
(d) “My lover doesn’t realize that I’ve contemplated this scenario.”

11. For which of the following holidays does the narrator’s brother dress in “How to Go to Dinner with a Brother on Drugs”?
(a) Day of the Dead.
(b) Thanksgiving.
(c) Halloween.
(d) Lady Day.

12. Before the gates of which of the following does the narrator offer to prostrate herself?
(a) Melville.
(b) Hawthorne.
(c) Thoreau.
(d) Whitman.

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

14. Which of the following trees does the narrator describe as “a requiem” in “Lorca’s Red Dresses” (87)?
(a) Lemon.
(b) Olive.
(c) Fig.
(d) Pomegranate.

15. Which of the following is the first line of “I Watch Her Eat the Apple”?
(a) “Tonight I am riddled by this thick skull.”
(b) “While she sleeps, I paint.”
(c) “Tonight the city is glimmered.”
(d) “She twirls it in her left hand.”

Short Answer Questions

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

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

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. Which of the following does the narrator recognize from her brother’s childhood in “As a Consequence of My Brother Stealing All the Lightbulbs”?

5. Which of the following appliance brands does the narrator note as strewn across her parents’ floor?

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