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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "It Was the Animals," what does the speaker's brother tell her she can read about on the wood he has found?

2. In "It Was the Animals," what has the speaker's brother actually found?

3. In "I, Minotaur," which of the following phrases expresses the mixed nature of the Minotaur?

4. In "Ode to the Beloved's Hips," what twentieth century American movie is alluded to?

5. What does "exhibits from The American Water Museum" warn that you "cannot drink" (69)?

Short Essay Questions

1. What two conceits are central to "If I Should Come Upon Your House Lonely in the West Texas Desert"?

2. In "That Which Cannot Be Stilled," what happens when the speaker goes to the hospital for a panic attack?

3. In "It Was the Animals," who comes to the speaker's house, and what is that person carrying?

4. In "exhibits from The American Water Museum," what story does the rock painting tell, and what is its significance to the speaker?

5. In "Cranes, Mafiosos, and a Polaroid Camera," what does the speaker try to tell her brother about cranes, and what is its thematic significance?

6. In "It Was the Animals," what does the speaker's guest tell her the inscription is, and what is it in reality?

7. In "The First Water Is the Body," what specific concern does the speaker have about the Colorado River?

8. In "Cranes, Mafiosos, and a Polaroid Camera," what does the speaker's brother request, and why?

9. In "Waist and Sway," what temptation is the speaker trying to resist, and what is the outcome?

10. What is the setting of "Waist and Sway," and how is its setting unusual for this collection?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Write an essay in which you explore the motif of "thirst" in Postcolonial Love Poem. What is the source of the speaker's thirst, and how does she seek to quench that thirst? Provide support from at least five of the collection's poems.

Essay Topic 2

Write an essay in which you make and defend a claim about how the collection Postcolonial Love Poems connects personal and political issues. Use textual support from at least five poems in the collection in defense of your claim.

Essay Topic 3

Write an essay in which you defend, refute, or qualify the following statement: "Natalie Diaz's collection Postcolonial Love Poem celebrates the strength of Mojave culture." Be sure to support your claims with evidence from the text.

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