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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. On page 23 of "Run'n'Gun," the speaker says, "we became coyotes and rivers." What technique is being used in this line?
(a) Metaphor.
(b) Allusion.
(c) Allegory.
(d) Double entendre.

2. In "That Which Cannot Be Stilled," what are "our conquerors" compared to (44)?
(a) Horses.
(b) Bulls.
(c) Coyotes.
(d) Jaguars.

3. In "These Hands, If Not Gods," what does "the seven days of your body" allude to (7)?
(a) The week the speaker spent with the beloved.
(b) The legend of the Centimani.
(c) The week the speaker was separated from the beloved.
(d) The Biblical creation story.

4. From its context in "Top Ten Reasons Why Indians Are Good at Basketball," what can be assumed about the Hotchkiss and Springfield Model 1873?
(a) It is a U.S. Cavalry weapon.
(b) It is a type of basketball.
(c) It is a type of railroad engine.
(d) It is one of the first sources of outdoor electric light.

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

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. What name for the Mojave people does the speaker share in "The First Water Is the Body"?

3. 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?

4. In "The Mustangs," what is the mother talking about when she mentions "slingshots" (35)?

5. In "Ink-Light," the speaker mentions "the ramus" of which of the beloved's body parts?

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