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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section III, “10. Apotheosis of Kiss” to “16. A Wild Life Zoo” and Back Matter.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of the following is the first line of the title poem?
(a) “I watched a lion eat a man like a piece of fruit”
(b) “When we were children, we traced our knees”
(c) “Angels don’t come to the reservation”
(d) “he lived in our basement and sacrificed my parents”

2. Which of the following is the first section of “Downhill Triolets”?
(a) Tribal Cops, Geronimo, Jimi Hendrix, and My Brother.
(b) My Brother and Me.
(c) God, Lionel Richie, and My Brother.
(d) Sisyphus and My Brother.

3. Which of the following does the narrator note her brother feeds “The slave girls” (1)?
(a) Maíz.
(b) Trigo.
(c) Arroz.
(d) Frijoles.

4. Which of the following does the narrator note is stamped on the side of the box of raisins?
(a) USDA.
(b) BIA.
(c) PIMC.
(d) USPHS.

5. Which of the following is the last line of “Prayers or Oubliettes”?
(a) “Oh, and those beautiful, beautiful baskets.”
(b) “To eat from your dark pie.”
(c) “The mottled wings are the words to pain.”
(d) “With empty wine jugs at our heels.”

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following gaming systems does the narrator note as strewn across her parents’ floor?

2. Which of the following does the narrator include among “the perpetual exhibits” in her parents’ home (46)?

3. The narrator notes that people are subjected to additional screening who come from which of the following states?

4. To which of the following flowers does the narrator compare the stoned woman?

5. From which of the following does the narrator lick apple juice in “I Watch Her Eat the Apple”?

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