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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 5: "I, Minotaur" through "Cranes, Mafiosos, and a Polaroid Camera".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In the opening of "How the Milky Way Was Made," what aspect of the Colorado before its damming is stressed?
(a) Its beauty.
(b) Its spirituality.
(c) Its fertility.
(d) Its power.

2. In "Manhattan Is a Lenape Word," what is the red light metaphorically compared to?
(a) A traffic accident.
(b) Wind.
(c) Fabric.
(d) A headache.

3. In "Cranes, Mafiosos, and a Polaroid Camera," where is the speaker?
(a) Kearney, Nebraska.
(b) Iola, Kansas.
(c) Chadron, Nebraska.
(d) Pratt, Kansas.

4. In "Manhattan Is a Lenape Word," when the speaker claims to be the only Native person "on the 8th floor of this hotel or any," what technique is being used (14)?
(a) Hyperbole.
(b) Paradox.
(c) Sarcasm.
(d) Allegory.

5. In "exhibits from The American Water Museum," whose admission price is "the kidneys" (64)?
(a) Children.
(b) Natives.
(c) Fish.
(d) Politicians.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "American Arithmetic," what does the narrator suggest is better than being invisible?

2. In "I, Minotaur," the speaker uses the word "Minotauromachy." Where does this word come from?

3. In "Wolf OR-7," what state has the solitary wolf "OR-7" entered?

4. In "It Was the Animals," what has the speaker's brother actually found?

5. In "Manhattan Is a Lenape Word," what does the speaker claim to do with her "mouth of smoke" (14)?

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