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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 does the narrator compare an apple in “I Watch Her Eat the Apple”?
(a) Bazooka.
(b) Grenade.
(c) Landmine.
(d) Mortar.

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

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

4. To which of the following mythical beasts does the narrator compare her brother?
(a) Minotaur.
(b) Centaur.
(c) Harpy.
(d) Chimera.

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

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

7. In “Zoology,” which of the following does the narrator note being poised to eat?
(a) El gato.
(b) El perro.
(c) El burro.
(d) La águila.

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

9. Which of the following admits the narrator’s brother back home in “My Brother at 3 A.M.”?
(a) The narrator’s father.
(b) The narrator’s mother.
(c) The narrator.
(d) The narrator’s sister.

10. Which of the following kinds of sailing ship does the narrator consider in “Monday Aubade”?
(a) Windjammer.
(b) Schooner.
(c) Caravel.
(d) Barque.

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

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

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

14. To which of the following *bones* does the narrator compare a skull in “Dome Riddle”?
(a) Tibia.
(b) Femur.
(c) Patella.
(d) Fibula.

15. In which of the following facilities had the narrator’s brother resided?
(a) Adelanto.
(b) Mountain View.
(c) Joshua Tree.
(d) Rancho Cucamonga.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following is the first line of “As a Consequence of My Brother Stealing All the Lightbulbs”?

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

3. 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?

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

5. Which of the following trees does the narrator describe as “a requiem” in “Lorca’s Red Dresses” (87)?

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