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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In "Manhattan Is a Lenape Word," when the speaker claims to be the only Native person "on the 8th floor of this hotel or any," what technique is being used (14)?
(a) Hyperbole.
(b) Allegory.
(c) Paradox.
(d) Sarcasm.

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

3. In "Catching Copper," what technique is used in the strophe about the brothers dancing, on page 10, when the dance "The worm" is mentioned?
(a) Double entente.
(b) Sarcasm.
(c) Anthropomorphism.
(d) Oxymoron.

4. In "From the Desire Field," how does "soy una sonámbula" function as an allusion?
(a) It refers to the poem "Sleep and Poetry."
(b) It refers to the poem "Romance Sonámbulo."
(c) It refers to a character from the movie Sleepwalking.
(d) It refers to a character from the novel Intemperie.

5. In "Like Church," the beloved's shoulders are compared to "hematite clocks" (29). What is hematite?
(a) A transparent salt.
(b) A porous rock.
(c) A polished fossil.
(d) A black mineral.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the opening of "Postcolonial Love Poem" claim that moonstones can do?

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

3. In "These Hands, If Not Gods," the speaker addresses a lover who is not present in the poem. What technique is this an example of?

4. In "The Mustangs," what AC/DC song is mentioned?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. In "The Mustangs," why does the speaker open the poem by reminding the reader that it was "In another life" that her brother was a high-school athlete (35)?

2. In "Run'n'Gun," what life lessons does the speaker learn from playing basketball?

3. In "Manhattan Is a Lenape Word," what dark joke does the speaker make about reparations?

4. In "The Mustangs," how are mustangs used symbolically?

5. In "The Mustangs," what is important to the speaker about her brother's appearance?

6. What does the speaker mean in "They Don't Love You Like I Love You" when she says that she can see through maps?

7. In "Wolf OR-7," what is significant about the wolf in the poem's title?

8. In "Like Church," what is the literal claim about the speaker's window and what is its figurative significance?

9. In "They Don't Love You Like I Love You," why does the speaker mention Beyoncé and the Yeah Yeah Yeahs?

10. In "Catching Copper," what is the significance of the page 11 lines ,"My brothers feed their bullet/ the way the bulls fed Zeus"?

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