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

2. In “Self-Portrait as a Chimera,” the narrator’s mother has a temple at which of the following?
(a) Her breast.
(b) Her belly.
(c) Her neck.
(d) Her head.

3. Which of the following is the first line of “Black Magic Brother”?
(a) “Houdini arrived first, with Antigone on his arm.”
(b) “When my brother died.”
(c) “My brother’s shadow flutters from his shoulders, a magician’s cape.”
(d) “Thaïs has burst my shirt to flames, you say.”

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

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

6. 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) Star Ruby grapefruit.
(d) Blood orange.

7. Which of the following gaming systems does the narrator note as strewn across her parents’ floor?
(a) Commodore.
(b) Nintendo.
(c) Colecovision.
(d) Atari.

8. To which of the following does the narrator note Santa Teresa sacrificed herself?
(a) Claws.
(b) Horns.
(c) Fangs.
(d) Antlers.

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

10. Which of the following does the narrator’s brother wants to kill him in “My Brother at 3 A.M.”?
(a) The angel.
(b) The drug dealers.
(c) The devil.
(d) The police.

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

12. Which of the following is the last line of “Monday Aubade”?
(a) “her bare brown toes.”
(b) “But that’s like apples and oranges.”
(c) “the Dawns are heartbreaking.”
(d) “and the neighbors begging her name.”

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

14. 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) Humerus.
(c) Radius.
(d) Tibia.

15. Which of the following is the first line of “Downhill Triolets”?
(a) “He sat cross-legged, weeping on the steps.”
(b) “The phone rings—my brother was arrested again.”
(c) “If he’s wearing knives for eyes.”
(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. Which of the following is the first line of “Of Course She Looked Back”?

3. To which of the following does the narrator compare herself in “How to Go to Dinner with a Brother on Drugs”?

4. Which of the following is the first thing Houdini drops through Jesus’s right hand?

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

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