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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 6: "The Cure for Melancholy Is to Take the Horn" through "Grief Work".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In "From the Desire Field," to what creature does the speaker compare herself?
(a) A wolf.
(b) A bull.
(c) A cat.
(d) An owl.

2. On page 87 of "Snake-Light," why does the speaker's great-grandmother tell her they do not eat snakes?
(a) "They carry poison."
(b) "They are our sisters."
(c) "They keep out desert clean."
(d) "They teach us how to speak."

3. In "Wolf OR-7," what technique is being employed in the page 33 line, "My mind climbed the rise, fall, rise of your bared back"?
(a) Hypotaxis.
(b) Pun.
(c) Asyndeton.
(d) Syllogism.

4. In "They Don't Love You Like I Love You," what kind of person does the speaker want to love her?
(a) Someone white.
(b) Someone who understands her.
(c) Someone who is not American.
(d) Someone long dead.

5. In "How the Milky Way Was Made," what does the speaker claim causes the milky appearance of the galaxy?
(a) The quivering of her lover's body.
(b) Sparks from the sun.
(c) Dust from the moon.
(d) The movement of fish.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "Skin-Light," what is the most likely antecedent of "it" in the line "My whole life I have obeyed it" (21)?

2. In "Top Ten Reasons Why Indians Are Good at Basketball," what other Indian author is mentioned?

3. On page 9 of "Catching Copper," how do the brothers walk their bullet?

4. In "My Brother, My Wound," what does the speaker's brother say the word "canaries" really means?

5. In the opening of "How the Milky Way Was Made," what aspect of the Colorado before its damming is stressed?

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