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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. What does the title "Catching Copper" literally refer to?
(a) Getting shot.
(b) Capturing an escaped dog.
(c) Playing a game with pennies.
(d) Working in a mine.

2. In "Cranes, Mafiosos, and a Polaroid Camera," how does the speaker's brother respond to her description of the cranes' dance?
(a) With awe.
(b) With anger.
(c) With amusement.
(d) With apathy.

3. In "That Which Cannot Be Stilled," what does the speaker "diagnose" herself and the reservation as?
(a) Dream-like.
(b) Dirty.
(c) Rusting.
(d) Peaceful.

4. In "The Mustangs," where does the speaker go to high school?
(a) Needles, California.
(b) Golden Shores, Arizona.
(c) Willow Valley, Arizona.
(d) Mountain Pass, California.

5. In "Top Ten Reasons Why Indians Are Good at Basketball," who is mentioned as having stolen the Creator's heart?
(a) Eagle.
(b) Coyote.
(c) Raven.
(d) Rabbit.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "I, Minotaur," the speaker uses the word "Minotauromachy." Where does this word come from?

2. In "I, Minotaur," what does the speaker call "lilac-lit pools of ablution" (57)?

3. In "That Which Cannot Be Stilled," what are "our conquerors" compared to (44)?

4. In "Waist and Sway," the page 78 line "Oh, City--where hands turned holy" is an example of what literary technique?

5. In "Skin-Light," what is the likely antecedent of "this" in "This is the war I was born for" (22)?

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