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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 "Snake-Light," the speaker mentions "caliche" (82). What is caliche?
(a) A sedimentary rock.
(b) A bone in a snake's tail.
(c) A kind of ravine or gully.
(d) A desert insect.

2. What name for the Mojave people does the speaker share in "The First Water Is the Body"?
(a) Te'po'ta'ahl.
(b) Me-wuk.
(c) Achumawi.
(d) 'Aha Makav.

3. In "Waist and Sway," to what type of building is the beloved compared?
(a) A ziggurat.
(b) A skyscraper.
(c) An apartment.
(d) A church bell tower.

4. In "Cranes, Mafiosos, and a Polaroid Camera," where is the speaker?
(a) Pratt, Kansas.
(b) Iola, Kansas.
(c) Chadron, Nebraska.
(d) Kearney, Nebraska.

5. In "Run'n'Gun," what causes the speaker's older brother's game to deteriorate?
(a) He develops a chronic injury.
(b) He gets more involved with his job and adult responsibilities.
(c) He develops a substance use disorder.
(d) He starts spending more time with his girlfriend.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What distinguishes "Run'n'Gun" from the poems that come before it in the collection?

3. In "Asterion's Lament," what kind of a creature is "Asterion"?

4. In "Isn't the Air Also a Body, Moving?" what is personified as a woman?

5. In "The Cure for Melancholy Is to Take the Horn," what does the speaker claim to have been changed into?

(see the answer key)

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