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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section III, “1. I Watch Her Eat the Apple” to “9. Of Course She Looked Back”.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. To which meal are Ken and Skipper confined?
(a) Eggs and pancakes.
(b) Eggs and bacon.
(c) Pancakes and bacon.
(d) Cold cereal.

2. Which of the following is the color of Jimmy Eagle’s truck?
(a) Gray.
(b) Blue.
(c) Red.
(d) White.

3. Which of the following fruits does the narrator of “Toward the Amaranth Gates of War or Love” include among “all the things we want to taste” (75)?
(a) Key lime.
(b) Eureka lemon.
(c) Star Ruby grapefruit.
(d) Blood orange.

4. Which of the following is the first line of “How to Go to Dinner with a Brother on Drugs”?
(a) “The phone rings—my brother was arrested again.”
(b) “If he’s wearing knives for eyes.”
(c) “He sat cross-legged, weeping on the steps.”
(d) “—my parents live without light, groping.”

5. To which of the following does the narrator compare hunger in “Cloud Watching”?
(a) A bird.
(b) A mouse.
(c) A cat.
(d) A dog.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following is the first line of “Prayers or Oubliettes”?

2. Which of the following is the first line of “Of Course She Looked Back”?

3. Behind which of the following does the narrator note her brother marches?

4. To which of the following *pieces of sports equipment* does the narrator compare a skull in “Dome Riddle”?

5. Which of the following terms does the narrator’s father use to refer to methamphetamine?

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