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

2. In "Run'n'Gun," what sport does the speaker discuss?
(a) Baseball.
(b) An ancient Mesoamerican ball game.
(c) Lacross.
(d) Basketball.

3. In "That Which Cannot Be Stilled," what does the speaker "diagnose" herself and the reservation as?
(a) Dirty.
(b) Rusting.
(c) Dream-like.
(d) Peaceful.

4. What does the opening of "Postcolonial Love Poem" claim that moonstones can do?
(a) Stop the bleeding of a snakebite.
(b) Help you find your way home.
(c) Predict the weather.
(d) Make someone fall in love with you.

5. In "Wolf OR-7," what word does the speaker say can also mean "touch" (32)?
(a) Bite.
(b) Howl.
(c) Know.
(d) Love.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "Skin-Light," the speaker refers to "violet, biliruben/ bloom." What is she describing?

2. In "Catching Copper," what kind of "comb" is meant in the page 9 lines, "you should see my brothers' bullet/ make a comb, by chewing holes/ in what is sweet"?

3. In "These Hands, If Not Gods," which religion's god is alluded to in the line "didn't you sing out their ninety-nine names?" (8)?

4. According to "American Arithmetic," what percentage of the U.S. population is Native American?

5. In the page 1 lines, "when the war ended. The war ended/ depending on which war you mean," what technique is used to introduce ambiguity?

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