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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 publications is noted to accompany Mojave Barbie?
2. To which meal are Ken and Skipper confined?
3. Which of the following libations does the narrator assert angels drink from silver cups?
4. To which of the following does the narrator compare her parents?
5. With which of the following greenish semiprecious stones does the narrator’s brother reportedly always return?
Short Essay Questions
1. What living situation does the narrator describe for her brother when he was the Aztec of the title?
2. What is the refrain of “Jimmy Eagle’s Hot Cowboy Boots Blues” (33)?
3. How are the Hopi men pressured to return to work in “The Facts of Art”?
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 warn is the likely effect of an angel visiting the reservation?
6. What hypothetical does the narrator pose about the Biblical *Virgin Mary* in “If Eve Side-Stealer & Mary Busted-Chest Ruled the World” (25)?
7. What does the narrator cite as possible sources of madness in “Other Small Thundering”?
8. In “Abecedarian Requiring Further Examination of Anglikan Seraphym Subjugation of a Wild Indian Reservation,” how is Gabe described?
9. What complaint does the narrator voice about raisins after eating them?
10. What results from Mojave Barbie’s assignations with Ken?
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 significance inheres in the nonstandard spellings in the title “Abecedarian Requiring Further Examination of Anglikan Seraphym Subjugation of a Wild Indian Rezervation,” and how do you know?
Essay Topic 3
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?
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