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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. To which of the following luchadores does the narrator compare her father?
(a) Místico.
(b) Rey Mysterio.
(c) Mil Máscaras.
(d) El Santo.

2. Which of the following kinds of orange does the narrator of “I Lean Out the Window and She Nods Off in Bed, the Needle Gently Rocking on the Bedside Table” report painting on her lover?
(a) Marrs.
(b) Mandarin.
(c) Valencia.
(d) Hamlin.

3. Which of the following is the first line of “Lorca’s Red Dresses”?
(a) “To be next to you again.”
(b) “You would have, too.”
(c) “Tonight, after reading Lorca’s Cante jondo, I’m ready, dressed.”
(d) “My lover doesn’t realize that I’ve contemplated this scenario.”

4. Which of the following is the first line of “My Brother at 3 A.M.”?
(a) “The phone rings—my brother was arrested again.”
(b) “If he’s wearing knives for eyes.”
(c) “—my parents live without light, groping.”
(d) “He sat cross-legged, weeping on the steps.”

5. Which of the following appliance brands does the narrator note as strewn across her parents’ floor?
(a) Amana.
(b) LG.
(c) Maytag.
(d) Electorlux.

6. Which of the following does the narrator of “Toward the Amaranth Gates of War or Love” claim is the purpose of war?
(a) A reminder to love your neighbor.
(b) A reminder to change your car's oil.
(c) A reminder to wash hands.
(d) A reminder to attend Mass.

7. To which of the following *pieces of sports equipment* does the narrator compare a skull in “Dome Riddle”?
(a) Home plate.
(b) Medicine ball.
(c) Bowling ball.
(d) Volleyball.

8. From which of the following does a horse leap in “Self-Portrait as a Chimera”?
(a) Corona del Mar.
(b) Crystal Cover.
(c) San Clemente.
(d) Dana Point.

9. Which of the following is the first line of “No More Cake Here”?
(a) “Thaïs has burst my shirt to flames, you say.”
(b) “Houdini arrived first, with Antigone on his arm.”
(c) “My brother’s shadow flutters from his shoulders, a magician’s cape.”
(d) “When my brother died.”

10. Which of the following fruits does the narrator of “Toward the Amaranth Gates of War or Love” include among “all the things we want to taste” (75)?
(a) Eureka lemon.
(b) Key lime.
(c) Blood orange.
(d) Star Ruby grapefruit.

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

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

13. Which of the following sounds does the narrator of “Of Course She Looked Back” report hearing?
(a) Pigeons howling.
(b) Roosters howling.
(c) Dogs howling.
(d) Winds howling.

14. 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 lips.
(d) Her beloved’s chest.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. To which of the following does the narrator compare a shark’s jaws?

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

3. Which of the following terms does the narrator’s father use to refer to methamphetamine?

4. Which of the following is the first line of “I Watch Her Eat the Apple”?

5. To which of the following does the narrator’s father compare his children?

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