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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 “How to Go to Dinner with a Brother on Drugs”?

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

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

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

5. On which of the following roads does the narrator stop in “Formication”?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does the narrator report her parents seek to become in “As a Consequence of My Brother Stealing All the Lightbulbs”?

2. Into what sections is “Formication” divided?

3. How is the room onto which “the door of your hip” opens in “Monday Aubade” described (83)?

4. What does the narrator posit might be the worst part of the funeral for her brother?

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

6. What does the narrator note possibly wanting to see fall near the end of “Black Magic Brother”?

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

8. How does the narrator report having interacted with Cortés in “Self-Portrait as a Chimera”?

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

10. What reason does the narrator give for considering a skull in “Dome Riddle”?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

The narrator makes several references to being beastlike. What purpose might that reference serve? How does that purpose manifest in the collection?

Essay Topic 2

Consider the names of several characters (e.g., Guy No-Horse, Mary Busted-Chest, Eve Side-Stealer) in the collection as kennings. Given such a function, what name might be expected of the narrator and her brother? What in the text suggests as much, and how does it do so?

Essay Topic 3

The narrator’s brother cites Lionel Richie as having influenced his bad behavior. What effect does the specific citation have on the reader? How might it be different with another artist? Why might it be so?

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