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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 4: "Ode to the Beloved's Hips" through "The First Water Is the Body".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In "The First Water Is the Body," what city's water crisis is specifically mentioned?
(a) Dos Palos, California.
(b) Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
(c) Flint, Michigan.
(d) Newark, New Jersey.

2. In "Like Church," what word is repeated with a different meaning to imply that the speaker is a kind of captive in her relationship?
(a) Cage.
(b) Judge.
(c) Time.
(d) Bars.

3. In "Top Ten Reasons Why Indians Are Good at Basketball," what does the speaker claim that basketball is identical with?
(a) War.
(b) Love.
(c) Church.
(d) College.

4. In "Skin-Light," what is the likely antecedent of "this" in "This is the war I was born for" (22)?
(a) Her relationship with her brother.
(b) The battle against erasure.
(c) Her relationship with her lover.
(d) The struggle for Native sovereignty.

5. In "They Don't Love You Like I Love You," when the speaker says that "Maps are ghosts," what technique is being used?
(a) Oxymoron.
(b) Simile.
(c) Synesthesia.
(d) Malapropism.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "Blood-Light," what is described in the page 5 image "yellow metallic scissors"?

2. What is significant about the star Antares in "Blood-Light"?

3. In "These Hands, If Not Gods," the entire poem explains why the speaker is like a god. What technique is this an example of?

4. In "They Don't Love You Like I Love You," why is the word "Maps" in quotation marks?

5. In "The First Water Is the Body," what specific product's logo does the speaker mention?

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