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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 “When the Beloved Asks, ‘What Would You Do if You Work Up and I Was a Shark?’”?
(a) “My lover doesn’t realize that I’ve contemplated this scenario.”
(b) “To be next to you again.”
(c) “You would have, too.”
(d) “Tonight, after reading Lorca’s Cante jondo, I’m ready, dressed.”

2. Which of the following does the narrator associate with the loincloth of a greedy god?
(a) Jaguar.
(b) Bobcat.
(c) Cougar.
(d) Lynx.

3. Which of the following types of apple does the narrator’s beloved hold in “I Watch Her Eat the Apple”?
(a) 4017.
(b) 4018.
(c) 4016.
(d) 4015.

4. Which of the following is the first line of “Monday Aubade”?
(a) “To be next to you again.”
(b) “My lover doesn’t realize that I’ve contemplated this scenario.”
(c) “Tonight, after reading Lorca’s Cante jondo, I’m ready, dressed.”
(d) “You would have, too.”

5. In which of the following facilities had the narrator’s brother resided?
(a) Rancho Cucamonga.
(b) Adelanto.
(c) Joshua Tree.
(d) Mountain View.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. 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)?

3. Which of the following bones does the narrator’s brother mention in “How to Go to Dinner with a Brother on Drugs”?

4. Which make of truck does the narrator’s father drive?

5. Which of the following gaming systems does the narrator note as strewn across her parents’ floor?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. 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?

3. 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?

4. 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”?

5. 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?

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

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

8. 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?

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

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

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