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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 "Like Church," what does the speaker compare her relationship with the church to?
(a) Her intimate relationship with a White lover.
(b) The work required to tend a garden successfully.
(c) America's history of oppression.
(d) Her relationship with her family.
2. In "Like Church," the speaker uses the Spanish term of endearment "Mi caracol" (29). What is the literal translation of this expression?
(a) My snail.
(b) My cabbage.
(c) My peanut.
(d) My rabbit.
3. On page 9 of "Catching Copper," how do the brothers walk their bullet?
(a) "Like a bee."
(b) "Like a date."
(c) "With a limp."
(d) "With a moan."
4. In "Catching Copper," what kind of "comb" is meant in the page 9 lines, "you should see my brothers' bullet/ make a comb, by chewing holes/ in what is sweet"?
(a) A rooster's comb.
(b) A honeycomb.
(c) A hair comb.
(d) A textile comb.
5. 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 week the speaker spent with the beloved.
(c) The week the speaker was separated from the beloved.
(d) The Biblical creation story.
Short Answer Questions
1. In "Manhattan Is a Lenape Word," when the speaker claims to be the only Native person "on the 8th floor of this hotel or any," what technique is being used (14)?
2. 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)?
3. In "Catching Copper," when the brothers are searching for their bullet, what sound is heard?
4. 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)?
5. In "Catching Copper," what technique is used in the strophe about the brothers dancing, on page 10, when the dance "The worm" is mentioned?
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