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

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

3. 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 *belly*?
(a) Dates.
(b) Figs.
(c) Persimmons.
(d) Pomegranates.

4. In which of the following does El Maragato suffer a wound?
(a) Calf.
(b) Buttock.
(c) Thigh.
(d) Bicep.

5. Which of the following kinds of shell does the narrator consider in “When the Beloved Asks, ‘What Would You Do if You Work Up and I Was a Shark?’”?
(a) Clam.
(b) Nautilus.
(c) Conch.
(d) Snail.

Short Answer Questions

1. From which of the following does the narrator lick apple juice in “I Watch Her Eat the Apple”?

2. Which of the following flowers does the narrator note as present in her parents’ home?

3. Which of the following does the narrator of “Toward the Amaranth Gates of War or Love” claim is the purpose of war?

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

5. To which of the following luchadores does the narrator compare her father?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What does the narrator posit might be the worst part of the funeral for her brother?

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

4. How is the room onto which “the door of your hip” opens in “Monday Aubade” described (83)?

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

6. What hellish vision does the narrator’s mother see in “My Brother at 3 A.M.”?

7. How does the narrator of “When the Beloved Asks, ‘What Would You Do if You Woke Up and I Was a Shark?’” note answering the question of the title?

8. In “Self-Portrait as a Chimera,” the narrator presents herself as facing execution. How does she relate herself to her lover as she does?

9. What reaction does the narrator have to her brother appearing as a Judas effigy in “How to Go to Dinner with a Brother on Drugs”?

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

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