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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 4: "Ode to the Beloved's Hips" through "The First Water Is the Body".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. From its context in "Top Ten Reasons Why Indians Are Good at Basketball," what can be assumed about the Hotchkiss and Springfield Model 1873?
(a) It is a U.S. Cavalry weapon.
(b) It is one of the first sources of outdoor electric light.
(c) It is a type of basketball.
(d) It is a type of railroad engine.

2. In "From the Desire Field," what other poet is alluded to?
(a) Rosalía de Castro.
(b) Federico García Lorca.
(c) Octavio Paz.
(d) Pablo Neruda.

3. In "Ink-Light," what technique is employed in the line, "I touch her with the eyes of my skin" (34)?
(a) Meiosis.
(b) Synechdoche.
(c) Synesthesia.
(d) Oxymoron.

4. In "Skin-Light," what is the likely antecedent of "this" in "This is the war I was born for" (22)?
(a) The struggle for Native sovereignty.
(b) The battle against erasure.
(c) Her relationship with her brother.
(d) Her relationship with her lover.

5. In "Postcolonial Love Poem," the speaker mentions a "cabochon." What is a cabochon?
(a) A small silver disk used to hold a bolo tie together.
(b) A variety of jasper.
(c) A smoothed and polished stone.
(d) A silver buckle common in the Southwestern United States.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "The First Water Is the Body," what city's water crisis is specifically mentioned?

2. In "Wolf OR-7," what is the "trembling blue line" (32)?

3. In "That Which Cannot Be Stilled," what American poet's death is mentioned?

4. In the context of "Ode to the Beloved's Hips," in the expression "madre mías," what is the most likely reason that mía is made plural?

5. In "The Mustangs," what is the purpose of mentioning the brother's "thin ankles" (35)?

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