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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 does the narrator include among “the perpetual exhibits” in her parents’ home (46)?
(a) My Precious Bodily Fluids.
(b) Jesus Told Me To.
(c) I Hear Radio in My Teeth.
(d) The Devil Made Me Do It.

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

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

4. 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) Mandarin.
(b) Hamlin.
(c) Valencia.
(d) Marrs.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. In “Zoology,” which of the following does the narrator note being poised to eat?

3. Which of the following does the collection present as the definition of formication?

4. Which of the following is the first line of “Monday Aubade”?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Into what sections is “Formication” divided?

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

4. 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?

5. In what circumstances does the narrator of “When the Beloved Asks, ‘What Would You Do if You Woke Up and I Was a Shark?’” note having considered the question of the title?

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

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

8. In what ways does the narrator note that she and her siblings are bestial in “Zoology”?

9. What explanations are offered for the narrator’s brother’s arrests in “Downhill Triolets”?

10. What does the narrator explain at the end of “Soirée Fantastique”?

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