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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. On which of the following roads does the narrator stop in “Formication”?
(a) Interstate 10.
(b) Interstate 40.
(c) Highway 95.
(d) Highway 66.

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

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

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?
(a) Hamlin.
(b) Marrs.
(c) Valencia.
(d) Mandarin.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. To which of the following *bones* does the narrator compare a skull in “Dome Riddle”?

3. Which of the following is the first line of “Downhill Triolets”?

4. Which of the following kinds of sailing ship does the narrator consider in “Monday Aubade”?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the concluding couplet of “Lorca’s Red Dresses”?

2. What reason does the narrator give for considering a skull in “Dome Riddle”?

3. What music does the narrator claim to hear when her beloved eats an apple?

4. How does the narrator of “I Lean Out the Window and She Nods Off in Bed, the Needle Gently Rocking on the Bedside Table” note having been created?

5. What complaint does the narrator note her brother is likely to have in “How to Go to Dinner with a Brother on Drugs”?

6. What annoyance does the narrator note finding in Jesus in “Soirée Fantastique”?

7. Into what sections is “Formication” divided?

8. What reasons does the narrator give for taking her brother to dinner?

9. How does the narrator summarize the appearance of her parents’ home in “How to Go to Dinner with a Brother on Drugs”?

10. What does the narrator note possibly wanting to see fall near the end of “Black Magic Brother”?

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