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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 "Wolf OR-7," what state has the solitary wolf "OR-7" entered?
(a) Oregon.
(b) Washington.
(c) Colorado.
(d) California.

2. In the opening of "Skin-Light," to what creature does the speaker compare herself?
(a) A bull.
(b) A scorpion.
(c) A coyote.
(d) A jaguar.

3. In "Isn't the Air Also a Body, Moving?" what is personified as a woman?
(a) The train.
(b) The hawk.
(c) The air.
(d) The dust.

4. In "Like Church," what fruit does the speaker say the afterlife will be full of?
(a) Figs.
(b) Pomegranates.
(c) Melons.
(d) Apples.

5. In "Skin-Light," what is the most likely antecedent of "it" in the line "My whole life I have obeyed it" (21)?
(a) This "god-made place."
(b) "Skin-Light."
(c) "The opened-gold field."
(d) The "glide of the hand."

Short Answer Questions

1. In "They Don't Love You Like I Love You," when the speaker says that "Maps are ghosts," what technique is being used?

2. In "Isn't the Air Also a Body, Moving?" what does the speaker compare breathing to?

3. In "Wolf OR-7," what is the "trembling blue line" (32)?

4. In "Cranes, Mafiosos, and a Polaroid Camera," to what does the speaker compare the camera's aperture?

5. In "Wolf OR-7," what word does the speaker say can also mean "touch" (32)?

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