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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 "Like Church," the speaker uses the Spanish term of endearment "Mi caracol" (29). What is the literal translation of this expression?
(a) My snail.
(b) My rabbit.
(c) My peanut.
(d) My cabbage.

2. In "The Mustangs," what AC/DC song is mentioned?
(a) "Highway to Hell."
(b) "Back in Black."
(c) "Shot in the Dark."
(d) "Thunderstruck."

3. In "They Don't Love You Like I Love You," who tells the speaker "Don't stray" (19)?
(a) Her brother.
(b) Her lover.
(c) Her mother.
(d) Her friend.

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

5. In "These Hands, If Not Gods," what is being referred to by the phrase "these two potters" (7)?
(a) The speaker and the beloved.
(b) Prometheus and Hecatonchire.
(c) The speaker's hands.
(d) The Mojave gods who created humans.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "These Hands, If Not Gods," the speaker refers to "Atman." Which idea is this Hindu concept related most closely to?

2. In "Blood-Light," what is described in the page 5 image "yellow metallic scissors"?

3. In "Blood-Light," what is the speaker imagining with the words, "Don't you want a little light in your belly?"

4. 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?

5. What is distinctive about the structure of "Blood-Light"?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is a literal summary of the action of "Blood-Light"?

2. To whom is the speaker alluding in the third strophe of "These Hands, If Not Gods," when she mentions "a sin worth hurting for" (7), and how does the reader know this?

3. In "Skin-Light," what is Teotlachco, and what is its significance in the poem?

4. Explain the central conceit in the poem "Catching Copper."

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

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

7. In "Like Church," what claim is made about what whites compare Native people to?

8. In "Blood-Light," what do the scorpions represent, and how does the reader know this?

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

10. What is the setting of "Manhattan Is a Lenape Word"?

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