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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) “You would have, too.”
(b) “To be next to you again.”
(c) “Tonight, after reading Lorca’s Cante jondo, I’m ready, dressed.”
(d) “My lover doesn’t realize that I’ve contemplated this scenario.”

2. Which of the following does the narrator’s brother wants to kill him in “My Brother at 3 A.M.”?
(a) The drug dealers.
(b) The police.
(c) The angel.
(d) The devil.

3. Which of the following flowers does the narrator note as present in her parents’ home?
(a) Philodendron.
(b) Aliantha.
(c) Lantana.
(d) Orchid.

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

5. Which of the following trees does the narrator describe as “a requiem” in “Lorca’s Red Dresses” (87)?
(a) Fig.
(b) Olive.
(c) Pomegranate.
(d) Lemon.

Short Answer Questions

1. Behind which of the following does the narrator note her brother marches?

2. Which of the following kinds of sailing ship does the narrator consider in “Monday Aubade”?

3. To which of the following mythical beasts does the narrator compare her brother?

4. For which of the following holidays does the narrator’s brother dress in “How to Go to Dinner with a Brother on Drugs”?

5. To which of the following does the narrator’s father compare his children?

Short Essay Questions

1. How is the room onto which “the door of your hip” opens in “Monday Aubade” described (83)?

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

3. What questions does the narrator ask in “Toward the Amaranth Gates of War or Love” (75)?

4. 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?

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

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

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

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 reaction does the narrator have to her brother appearing as a Judas effigy in “How to Go to Dinner with a Brother on Drugs”?

10. 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?

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