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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 "Catching Copper," when the brothers are searching for their bullet, what sound is heard?
(a) Clicking.
(b) Barking.
(c) Moaning.
(d) Laughter.

2. In "Like Church," what word is repeated with a different meaning to imply that the speaker is a kind of captive in her relationship?
(a) Bars.
(b) Time.
(c) Judge.
(d) Cage.

3. In "Wolf OR-7," what is the "trembling blue line" (32)?
(a) The path the speaker travels to find the beloved.
(b) The GPS map of the wolf's movements.
(c) The line connecting stars in a constellation.
(d) The Colorado River.

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

5. In "Asterion's Lament," what does the phrase, "Go forward, always down" represent (27)?
(a) Directions from the forest to the sea.
(b) Commentary about U.S. history.
(c) The title of a Whitman poem.
(d) Ariadne's advice to Theseus.

Short Answer Questions

1. 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"?

2. 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)?

3. In "The Mustangs," what figure of speech is employed in the phrase "hooves rumbling like weather in my ears" (35)?

4. In "Like Church," the beloved's shoulders are compared to "hematite clocks" (29). What is hematite?

5. In "Asterion's Lament," what does the speaker say is another name for "water" (27)?

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