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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 3: "Asterion's Lament" through "The Mustangs".

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. In "Asterion's Lament," what does the speaker say is another name for "water" (27)?
(a) "Map."
(b) "Holy."
(c) "Thread."
(d) "Jet."

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

4. In "American Arithmetic," what does the narrator suggest is better than being invisible?
(a) Being dead.
(b) Being loved.
(c) Being heard.
(d) Being lonely.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the title "The Mustangs" refer to?

2. In "Catching Copper," what technique is used in the strophe about the brothers dancing, on page 10, when the dance "The worm" is mentioned?

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

4. In "Like Church," to what does the speaker compare the beloved's hip?

5. In "Blood-Light," what does the speaker say the story is about?

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