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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 "The First Water Is the Body," what word does the speaker borrow from John Berger?
(a) "Juxtaposition."
(b) "Submerge."
(c) "Pre-verbal."
(d) "Channeled."

2. In "Catching Copper," what does the acronym "CIB" stand for?
(a) Citizens Information Board.
(b) Combat Infantryman Badge.
(c) Certificate of Indian Blood.
(d) Criminal Investigation Branch.

3. In "That Which Cannot Be Stilled," what are "our conquerors" compared to (44)?
(a) Horses.
(b) Coyotes.
(c) Jaguars.
(d) Bulls.

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 "That Which Cannot Be Stilled," what number is described as "lucky" (42)?
(a) 3.
(b) 4.
(c) 7.
(d) 6.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "These Hands, If Not Gods," what does "the seven days of your body" allude to (7)?

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

3. In the page 1 lines, "when the war ended. The war ended/ depending on which war you mean," what technique is used to introduce ambiguity?

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

5. In "Run'n'Gun," what is the rhetorical purpose of the description of the Indian children's shoes and socks?

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