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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 2: "Manhattan Is a Lenape Word" through "Run'n'Gun".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In "Run'n'Gun," what causes the speaker's older brother's game to deteriorate?
(a) He gets more involved with his job and adult responsibilities.
(b) He develops a substance use disorder.
(c) He develops a chronic injury.
(d) He starts spending more time with his girlfriend.

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

3. In "Manhattan Is a Lenape Word," when the speaker claims to be the only Native person "on the 8th floor of this hotel or any," what technique is being used (14)?
(a) Hyperbole.
(b) Sarcasm.
(c) Allegory.
(d) Paradox.

4. 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) Double entendre.
(d) Allegory.

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 buoyant with desire.
(b) It becomes more objectively intellectual.
(c) It becomes angrier and more strident.
(d) It becomes darker and lonelier.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "Blood-Light," what is the speaker imagining with the words, "Don't you want a little light in your belly?"

2. In "Blood-Light," what does the speaker say the story is about?

3. In "Manhattan Is a Lenape Word," what is the speaker's objection to her lover saying, "You make me feel like lightening" (15)?

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

5. What technique is used in "American Arithmetic" in the page 17 line "O, mine efficient country"?

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