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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 5: "I, Minotaur" through "Cranes, Mafiosos, and a Polaroid Camera".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What unusual typographic device is contained in "exhibits from The American Water Museum"?
(a) Redaction.
(b) Implied ephemera.
(c) Call-out.
(d) Hedera.

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

3. In "I, Minotaur," who is Briareus?
(a) Ariadne's father.
(b) This is another name for Theseus.
(c) One of the Hecatoncheires.
(d) One of the people killed by the Minotaur.

4. In "They Don't Love You Like I Love You," to what does the speaker compare the United States?
(a) Spoiled milk.
(b) Broken ice.
(c) Spilled milk.
(d) Broken glass.

5. In "Skin-Light," what is the likely antecedent of "this" in "This is the war I was born for" (22)?
(a) The struggle for Native sovereignty.
(b) The battle against erasure.
(c) Her relationship with her lover.
(d) Her relationship with her brother.

Short Answer Questions

1. What vehicle is mentioned in the opening of "Manhattan Is a Lenape Word"?

2. In "Ink-Light," where are the speaker and her beloved?

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

4. In "The Mustangs," what is the purpose of mentioning the brother's "thin ankles" (35)?

5. Who is the Jacques Derrida mentioned in "The First Water Is the Body"?

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