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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 "From the Desire Field," how does "soy una sonámbula" function as an allusion?
(a) It refers to the poem "Sleep and Poetry."
(b) It refers to a character from the movie Sleepwalking.
(c) It refers to a character from the novel Intemperie.
(d) It refers to the poem "Romance Sonámbulo."

2. In "Blood-Light," what is described in the page 5 image "yellow metallic scissors"?
(a) Knitting needles.
(b) Scorpions.
(c) Chopsticks.
(d) Crayfish.

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) Allegory.
(b) Sarcasm.
(c) Hyperbole.
(d) Paradox.

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

5. In "From the Desire Field," to what creature does the speaker compare herself?
(a) A cat.
(b) An owl.
(c) A wolf.
(d) A bull.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "Run'n'Gun," what is the rhetorical purpose of the description of the Indian children's shoes and socks?

2. What is implied in "Postcolonial Love Poem's" allusion to the wars "which started me, which I lost and won"?

3. In the opening of "Skin-Light," to what creature does the speaker compare herself?

4. In "Manhattan Is a Lenape Word," what is the literal meaning of the figurative lines, "an American drone finds then loves/ a body--the radiant nectar it seeks" (15)?

5. In "These Hands, If Not Gods," what is the antecedent of the word "they" in the opening line "Haven't they moved like rivers?" (7)?

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