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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section I, “9. Cloud Watching” to “18. The Clouds Are Buffalo Limping toward Jesus”.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. To which meal are Ken and Skipper confined?
(a) Eggs and pancakes.
(b) Cold cereal.
(c) Eggs and bacon.
(d) Pancakes and bacon.

2. Of which of the following does the narrator note her brother’s clothes smell?
(a) Wax.
(b) Oils.
(c) Candles.
(d) Matches.

3. Which of the following does the narrator associate with her menstruation?
(a) Wedding train.
(b) Passenger train.
(c) Wagon train.
(d) Cattle train.

4. Which seeds accompany the addressee of “Mercy Songs to Melancholy”?
(a) White poplar.
(b) Black poppy.
(c) Black poplar.
(d) Sunflower.

5. The collection defines “yenni” as which of the following?
(a) Assault.
(b) Drugs.
(c) Rock and roll.
(d) Sex.

Short Answer Questions

1. In posing a hypothetical about God, which of the following games does the narrator posit God might invent?

2. Which of the following does the narrator note her brother feeds “The slave girls” (1)?

3. In posing a hypothetical about God, of which of the following does the narrator suggest God might have wings?

4. Which of the following ruminants does the narrator note are between her legs?

5. Which of the following instruments does the narrator remark remain in museums?

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