View a FREE sample

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

Short Answer Questions

1. To which of the following is “A Woman with No Legs” dedicated?

2. Which of the following publications is noted to accompany Mojave Barbie?

3. Of which of the following birds’ feces is the narrator’s brother reported to smell?

4. Which of the following is the first line of the title poem?

5. Which of the following avians is on the costume with which the narrator is provided for Halloween?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does The Injun That Could accommodate dancers?

2. To what does the narrator compare yesterday to in “Other Small Thundering”?

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

4. What hypothetical does the narrator pose about the Biblical *Eve* in “If Eve Side-Stealer & Mary Busted-Chest Ruled the World” (25)?

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

6. For what does the narrator note having prayed to the tortilla god?

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Consider the names of several characters (e.g., Guy No-Horse, Mary Busted-Chest, Eve Side-Stealer) in the collection as kennings. Given such a function, what name might be expected of the narrator and her brother? What in the text suggests as much, and how does it do so?

Essay Topic 2

Many of the poems in the collection work well both with and without the inclusion of their title lines in the text. For any one of the poems in the collection, how does the reading change if the title is included as part of the main text of the poem?

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?

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 664 words (approx. 3 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample