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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. In "Manhattan Is a Lenape Word," what is the speaker's objection to her lover saying, "You make me feel like lightening" (15)?
(a) She associates lightening with whiteness.
(b) She associates lightening with violence.
(c) She associates lightening with rain.
(d) She associates lightening with Manhattan.

2. In "The First Water Is the Body," what protest does the speaker mention?
(a) Occupy Wall Street.
(b) Standing Rock.
(c) The Women's March on Washington.
(d) The Occupation of Alcatraz.

3. 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 type of railroad engine.
(b) It is a U.S. Cavalry weapon.
(c) It is a type of basketball.
(d) It is one of the first sources of outdoor electric light.

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?
(a) To indicate more than one exclamation.
(b) This is how the acronym for "missing in action" is made plural in Spanish.
(c) More than one mother is being discussed.
(d) The mother of someone named "Mia" is being discussed.

5. 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 textile comb.
(b) A hair comb.
(c) A rooster's comb.
(d) A honeycomb.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "The Mustangs," what is the mother talking about when she mentions "slingshots" (35)?

2. In "Ode to the Beloved's Hips," what war is alluded to?

3. What technique is used in the "American Arithmetic" lines, "I do not remember the days before America--/ I do not remember the days when we were all here" (17)?

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

5. In "Ode to the Beloved's Hips," why are pears, apples, and figs specifically mentioned?

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