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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following canids does the narrator note signifies death?

2. How many stanzas does “Jimmy Eagle’s Hot Cowboy Boots Blues” have?

3. With which of the following are the burritos Reservation Mary sells stuffed?

4. Which of the following does the narrator associate with her menstruation?

5. Which of the following does the narrator note is between her legs?

Short Essay Questions

1. At what point does the narrator note her brother stopped wearing shirts?

2. About what does the two-man band at The Injun That Could sing about?

3. What does the narrator warn is the likely effect of an angel visiting the reservation?

4. What complaint does the narrator voice about raisins after eating them?

5. How does the narrator describe the woman with no legs’ experience at the Indian school?

6. In “Abecedarian Requiring Further Examination of Anglikan Seraphym Subjugation of a Wild Indian Reservation,” how is Gabe described?

7. What living situation does the narrator describe for her brother when he was the Aztec of the title?

8. What does the narrator cite as possible sources of madness in “Other Small Thundering”?

9. How is the beer that accompanies Mojave Barbie discussed?

10. Based on the poem “Abecedarian Requiring Further Examination of Anglikan Seraphym Subjugation of a Wild Indian Rezervation,” what is an abecedarian poem?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What significance accrues to Mojave Barbie interacting with Skipper in “The Last Mojave Indian Barbie?” How does that significance emerge?

Essay Topic 2

What is the most important theme of Diaz’s collection? What in the book indicates as much? How does it do so?

Essay Topic 3

A number of the poems in the collection are divided into smaller sections. For one such poem, what function does the division into sections serve, and how is that function manifested?

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