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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 is the first line of “Soirée Fantastique”?
2. Which of the following admits the narrator’s brother back home in “My Brother at 3 A.M.”?
3. Which of the following is the narrator named by “dark rosettes” (77)?
4. To which of the following does the narrator compare an apple in “I Watch Her Eat the Apple”?
5. From which of the following does the narrator lick apple juice in “I Watch Her Eat the Apple”?
Short Essay Questions
1. What reasons does the narrator give for taking her brother to dinner?
2. In what circumstances does the narrator of “When the Beloved Asks, ‘What Would You Do if You Woke Up and I Was a Shark?’” note having considered the question of the title?
3. What reason does the narrator give for considering a skull in “Dome Riddle”?
4. What does the narrator explain at the end of “Soirée Fantastique”?
5. How does the narrator of “I Lean Out the Window and She Nods Off in Bed, the Needle Gently Rocking on the Bedside Table” report painting her lover’s arms?
6. For what reason does the narrator note having hosted her brother?
7. How does the narrator of “I Lean Out the Window and She Nods Off in Bed, the Needle Gently Rocking on the Bedside Table” note having been created?
8. What hellish vision does the narrator’s mother see in “My Brother at 3 A.M.”?
9. What does the narrator posit might be the worst part of the funeral for her brother?
10. What music does the narrator claim to hear when her beloved eats an apple?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Fundamentally, whose story is told in When My Brother Was an Aztec? That is, who is the protagonist? How does the collection show it?
Essay Topic 2
What attitude toward shame does the collection note? What in the text indicates that attitude? How does it do so?
Essay Topic 3
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?
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