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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. To which of the following does the narrator note Santa Teresa sacrificed herself?

2. Which of the following is noted as the narrator’s brother’s favorite cake?

3. Which of the following does the narrator of “Toward the Amaranth Gates of War or Love” claim is the purpose of war?

4. To which of the following libraries does the narrator compare a skull in “Dome Riddle”?

5. Which of the following kinds of trees does the narrator report dreaming in “Monday Aubade”?

Short Essay Questions

1. Into what sections is “Formication” divided?

2. What explanations are offered for the narrator’s brother’s arrests in “Downhill Triolets”?

3. What music does the narrator claim to hear when her beloved eats an apple?

4. What complaint does the narrator note her brother is likely to have in “How to Go to Dinner with a Brother on Drugs”?

5. What questions does the narrator ask in “Toward the Amaranth Gates of War or Love” (75)?

6. 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?

7. What hellish vision does the narrator’s mother see in “My Brother at 3 A.M.”?

8. For what reason does the narrator note having hosted her brother?

9. What annoyance does the narrator note finding in Jesus in “Soirée Fantastique”?

10. What does the narrator explain at the end of “Soirée Fantastique”?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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?

Essay Topic 2

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 3

What significance accrues to Mojave Barbie interacting with Skipper in “The Last Mojave Indian Barbie?” How does that significance emerge?

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