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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. In posing a hypothetical about God, of which of the following does the narrator suggest God might have wings?

2. Along which of the following does the narrator’s brother stumble?

3. In which of the following years does the narrator report the FBI pursued Jimmy Eagle?

4. Which of the following is the first line of “The Facts of Art”?

5. Which of the following is the first line of “Reservation Grass”?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. With what are the Hopi men working before signing on with the Department of Transportation in “The Facts of Art”?

3. What comments does the narrator offer about the fact that her “parents’ hearts kept / growing back” (1)?

4. What is noted as being needed to justify the presence of insulin among Mojave Barbie’s effects?

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

6. What is the refrain of “Jimmy Eagle’s Hot Cowboy Boots Blues” (33)?

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

8. For what basketball skills is Reservation Mary’s suitor noted?

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

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

Sources attest to the presence of When My Brother Was an Aztec on bestseller lists. Assuming that sales figures reflect popularity, what accounts for the popularity of the collection? How does it do so?

Essay Topic 2

What is implied by the repeated assignations between Mojave Barbie and Ken? What gives rise to the implication? How does it do so?

Essay Topic 3

Fundamentally, whose story is told in When My Brother Was an Aztec? That is, who is the protagonist? How does the collection show it?

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