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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. To which of the following does the narrator compare herself in “How to Go to Dinner with a Brother on Drugs”?
(a) Brutus.
(b) Arnold.
(c) Cassius.
(d) Judas.

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

3. In which of the following months is “Toward the Amaranth Gates of War or Love” set?
(a) July.
(b) September.
(c) August.
(d) June.

4. Which of the following is noted as the narrator’s brother’s favorite cake?
(a) Chocolate, white frosting.
(b) White, white frosting.
(c) White, chocolate frosting.
(d) Chocolate, chocolate frosting.

5. Which of the following is the first line of “Downhill Triolets”?
(a) “—my parents live without light, groping.”
(b) “If he’s wearing knives for eyes.”
(c) “The phone rings—my brother was arrested again.”
(d) “He sat cross-legged, weeping on the steps.”

Short Answer Questions

1. 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)?

2. Which of the following appliance brands does the narrator note as strewn across her parents’ floor?

3. To which of the following does the narrator compare a shark’s jaws?

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

5. Which of the following sounds does the narrator of “Of Course She Looked Back” report hearing?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Into what sections is “Formication” divided?

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

5. 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”?

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

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

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

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

10. How does the narrator report having interacted with Cortés in “Self-Portrait as a Chimera”?

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