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

2. 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.

3. Which of the following is the narrator named by “dark rosettes” (77)?
(a) Lynx.
(b) Cougar.
(c) Jaguar.
(d) Bobcat.

4. Which of the following appliance brands does the narrator note as strewn across her parents’ floor?
(a) Maytag.
(b) LG.
(c) Electorlux.
(d) Amana.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. To which of the following does the narrator compare an apple in “I Watch Her Eat the Apple”?

2. On which of the following roads does the narrator stop in “Formication”?

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*?

4. In “Self-Portrait as a Chimera,” the narrator’s mother has a temple at which of the following?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. 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?

2. For what reason does the narrator note having hosted her brother?

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

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

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

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

7. How 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 her lover’s arms?

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

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

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