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

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

3. What color hair do the women who dance with Guy No-Horse have?

4. Which of the following small mammals does the narrator note signifies death?

5. To which of the following does the narrator compare her parents?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. How does The Injun That Could accommodate dancers?

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

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

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

7. How are the Hopi men pressured to return to work in “The Facts of Art”?

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

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

10. What does the narrator note being given by history?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

The narrator makes several references to being beastlike. What purpose might that reference serve? How does that purpose manifest in the collection?

Essay Topic 2

The narrator’s brother cites Lionel Richie as having influenced his bad behavior. What effect does the specific citation have on the reader? How might it be different with another artist? Why might it be so?

Essay Topic 3

What overall attitude towards family does the collection present? What in the text shows that presentation? How does it do so?

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