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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. What name for the Mojave people does the speaker share in "The First Water Is the Body"?
(a) Achumawi.
(b) Me-wuk.
(c) Te'po'ta'ahl.
(d) 'Aha Makav.

2. In "That Which Cannot Be Stilled," what number is described as "lucky" (42)?
(a) 6.
(b) 7.
(c) 3.
(d) 4.

3. In "Like Church," what does the speaker mean by "It is real work not to perform/ a fable" (30)?
(a) She feels controlled by her partner's whims and desires.
(b) She worries about assuming that she knows how her relationship will end.
(c) It is easy to fall into the trap of fulfilling a stereotype.
(d) Fairy tales and fables create unrealistic expectation about love.

4. In "From the Desire Field," what does the line "verde, te quiero verde" literally translate to (12)?
(a) Unripe, I want it unripe.
(b) Green, I love the green.
(c) Unripe, I love things unripe.
(d) Green, I want you green.

5. In "Manhattan Is a Lenape Word," how does the tone shift with the image of the speaker looking out the window?
(a) It becomes more objectively intellectual.
(b) It becomes more buoyant with desire.
(c) It becomes darker and lonelier.
(d) It becomes angrier and more strident.

Short Answer Questions

1. On page 9 of "Catching Copper," how do the brothers walk their bullet?

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

3. In "Ode to the Beloved's Hips," what twentieth century American movie is alluded to?

4. In "Asterion's Lament," what does the speaker say is another name for "water" (27)?

5. In "Top Ten Reasons Why Indians Are Good at Basketball," what kind of food is mentioned twice?

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