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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. In "The First Water Is the Body," what river does the author specifically discuss?
(a) The Salmon River.
(b) The Green River.
(c) The Colorado River.
(d) The Blackfoot River.

2. In "These Hands, If Not Gods," the speaker makes a reference to the "hundred-handed ones." Who were these figures?
(a) The wise women who control fate.
(b) The ancient potters who created human beings.
(c) The giant offspring of Sky and Earth.
(d) The monsters that guard the gates of the underworld.

3. In "The Mustangs," where does the speaker go to high school?
(a) Willow Valley, Arizona.
(b) Mountain Pass, California.
(c) Golden Shores, Arizona.
(d) Needles, California.

4. In "Top Ten Reasons Why Indians Are Good at Basketball," what nineteenth century America poet is mentioned?
(a) Paul Laurence Dunbar.
(b) Emily Dickinson.
(c) Louisa May Alcott.
(d) Walt Whitman.

5. In "Ode to the Beloved's Hips," why are pears, apples, and figs specifically mentioned?
(a) This refers back to the earlier allusion to Alcinous.
(b) This is an allusion to a 20th century American pop song.
(c) These are fruits commonly used as symbols of the female form.
(d) These are the fruits grown in the Garden of Eden.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "From the Desire Field," what does the line "verde, te quiero verde" literally translate to (12)?

2. In "They Don't Love You Like I Love You," to what does the speaker compare the United States?

3. In "Skin-Light," the speaker refers to "violet, biliruben/ bloom." What is she describing?

4. In "Manhattan Is a Lenape Word," how does the tone shift with the image of the speaker looking out the window?

5. On page 21 of "Skin-Light," what other name for Teotlachco is given?

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