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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 "These Hands, If Not Gods," what is the antecedent of the word "they" in the opening line "Haven't they moved like rivers?" (7)?
(a) The beloved's hands.
(b) The speaker's hands.
(c) The powers of Prometheus.
(d) The powers of the Christian God.

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

3. In "Catching Copper," what does the acronym "CIB" stand for?
(a) Combat Infantryman Badge.
(b) Criminal Investigation Branch.
(c) Certificate of Indian Blood.
(d) Citizens Information Board.

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

5. In "Run'n'Gun," what is a logical interpretation of the symbolic value of the fence outside the schoolyard?
(a) It stands for adults' failed attempts to keep children safe.
(b) It stands for the "world" that education can open to underprivileged children.
(c) It stands for the barriers life puts in the way of poor Indian children.
(d) It stands for the insular world of reservation life.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "From the Desire Field," how does "soy una sonámbula" function as an allusion?

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

3. In "Skin-Light," when the speaker uses the word "lightmonger," what literary technique is this an example of (22)?

4. On page 1 of "Postcolonial Love Poem," what technique is used in the lines, "The seeds sleep like geodes beneath hot feldspar sand"?

5. In "They Don't Love You Like I Love You," who tells the speaker "Don't stray" (19)?

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