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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 sounds does the narrator of “Of Course She Looked Back” report hearing?
(a) Winds howling.
(b) Pigeons howling.
(c) Dogs howling.
(d) Roosters howling.

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

3. How many children does the narrator note her father has?
(a) 3.
(b) 2.
(c) 8.
(d) 9.

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

5. Which of the following is the first line of “I Lean Out the Window and She Nods Off in Bed, the Needle Gently Rocking on the Bedside Table”?
(a) “Tonight the city is glimmered.”
(b) “While she sleeps, I paint.”
(c) “Tonight I am riddled by this thick skull.”
(d) “She twirls it in her left hand.”

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following weapons does the narrator describe as “blue tapers” in “Lorca’s Red Dresses” (87)?

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

3. To which of the following bones does the narrator compare herself and her interlocutor in “Dome Riddle”?

4. Which of the following is the first line of “Lorca’s Red Dresses”?

5. In which of the following months is “Toward the Amaranth Gates of War or Love” set?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. 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?

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

6. What does the narrator report her parents seek to become in “As a Consequence of My Brother Stealing All the Lightbulbs”?

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

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

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

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