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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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) Halloween.
(c) Thanksgiving.
(d) Day of the Dead.

2. To which of the following does the narrator compare a shark’s jaws?
(a) A cilice.
(b) A chalice.
(c) A necklace.
(d) A bracelet.

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

4. Which of the following 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’s *palms*?
(a) Avocado.
(b) Lime.
(c) Mango.
(d) Peach.

5. To which of the following does the narrator compare methamphetamine?
(a) Marid.
(b) Khayal.
(c) Jinn.
(d) Efreet.

6. Which of the following kinds of shell does the narrator consider in “Monday Aubade”?
(a) Clam.
(b) Nautilus.
(c) Snail.
(d) Conch.

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

8. 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) Blood orange.
(b) Star Ruby grapefruit.
(c) Eureka lemon.
(d) Key lime.

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

10. Which of the following is the narrator named by “dark rosettes” (77)?
(a) Bobcat.
(b) Jaguar.
(c) Lynx.
(d) Cougar.

11. Which of the following does the narrator associate with the loincloth of a greedy god?
(a) Lynx.
(b) Cougar.
(c) Jaguar.
(d) Bobcat.

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

13. Which of the following types of apple does the narrator’s beloved hold in “I Watch Her Eat the Apple”?
(a) 4018.
(b) 4016.
(c) 4015.
(d) 4017.

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

15. 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) “He sat cross-legged, weeping on the steps.”
(d) “—my parents live without light, groping.”

Short Answer Questions

1. From which of the following does a horse leap in “Self-Portrait as a Chimera”?

2. Behind which of the following does the narrator note her brother marches?

3. Before the gates of which of the following does the narrator offer to prostrate herself?

4. Which of the following is the first line of “I Lean Out the Window and She Nods Off in Bed, the Needle Gently Rocking on the Bedside Table”?

5. 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?

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