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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. Which of the following makes of car does the narrator note are between her legs?
(a) Fiat.
(b) Volkswagon.
(c) BMW.
(d) Chrysler.

2. Which of the following is the first line of “The Facts of Art”?
(a) “We are born with spinning coins in place of eyes.”
(b) “We smoke more grass than we ever promise to plant.”
(c) “The Arizona highway sailed across the desert.”
(d) “Despair has a loose daughter.”

3. Which of the following does the narrator refer to as a drummer?
(a) Winchester.
(b) Gatling.
(c) Hotchkiss.
(d) Springfield.

4. Which of the following is the first line of the title poem?
(a) “I watched a lion eat a man like a piece of fruit”
(b) “When we were children, we traced our knees”
(c) “Angels don’t come to the reservation”
(d) “he lived in our basement and sacrificed my parents”

5. To which of the following avians does the narrator compare her menstruation?
(a) Thunderbird.
(b) Mayura.
(c) Phoenix.
(d) Roc.

Short Answer Questions

1. With which of the following bluish semiprecious stones does the narrator’s brother reportedly always return?

2. The collection defines “yenni” as which of the following?

3. Which of the following does the narrator associate with her menstruation?

4. Which of the following types of bread does Reservation Mary sell?

5. In which of the following years does the narrator report the FBI pursued Jimmy Eagle?

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