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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 of the following does the narrator compare road workers?
(a) Roaches.
(b) Fire ants.
(c) Locusts.
(d) Spiders.

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

3. From which of the following is the inscription at the beginning of “The Facts of Art” taken?
(a) Portsmouth, Virginia.
(b) Portsmouth, New Hampshire.
(c) Portsmouth, Ohio.
(d) Portsmouth, Rhode Island.

4. Across which of the following rivers does the narrator row?
(a) Lethe.
(b) Acheron.
(c) Cocytus.
(d) Styx.

5. Which of the following describes the suit in “Mercy Songs to Melancholy”?
(a) Charcoal three-piece.
(b) Navy two-piece.
(c) Charcoal two-piece.
(d) Navy three-piece.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following do Guy No-Horse’s observers yell?

2. Which of the following is the *last* to be marked for “immeasurable gratitude” in the dedication of the book?

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

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

5. Of which of the following does the narrator note her brother’s clothes smell?

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