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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 sport does the speaker discuss?
(a) Lacross.
(b) An ancient Mesoamerican ball game.
(c) Baseball.
(d) Basketball.

2. In the page 1 lines, "when the war ended. The war ended/ depending on which war you mean," what technique is used to introduce ambiguity?
(a) Personification.
(b) Enjambment.
(c) Synechdoche.
(d) Allusion.

3. What does the opening of "Postcolonial Love Poem" claim that moonstones can do?
(a) Help you find your way home.
(b) Make someone fall in love with you.
(c) Stop the bleeding of a snakebite.
(d) Predict the weather.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. 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)?

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

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

4. In "Run'n'Gun," what causes the speaker's older brother's game to deteriorate?

5. In "These Hands, If Not Gods," which religion's god is alluded to in the line "didn't you sing out their ninety-nine names?" (8)?

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