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Natalie Diaz
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When My Brother Was an Aztec Test | Mid-Book Test - Medium

Natalie Diaz
This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 124 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.
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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. Which of the following does the narrator note is a way to set up a flag?
(a) A Howitzer.
(b) A Hotchkiss.
(c) A Gatling.
(d) A Springfield.

2. 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) “Angels don’t come to the reservation”
(c) “When we were children, we traced our knees”
(d) “he lived in our basement and sacrificed my parents”

3. Which of the following documents is noted to accompany Mojave Barbie?
(a) A colonche recipe.
(b) A passport.
(c) A tortilla recipe.
(d) A frybread recipe.

4. Which of the following ruminants does the narrator note are between her legs?
(a) Bison.
(b) Giraffes.
(c) Deer.
(d) Bulls.

5. 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) “Despair has a loose daughter.”
(c) “We smoke more grass than we ever promise to plant.”
(d) “The Arizona highway sailed across the desert.”

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following gives Guy No-Horse his wheelchair?

2. Which of the following items of jewelry is noted to accompany Mojave Barbie?

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

4. To which of the following does the narrator compare her parents?

5. Which of the following canids does the narrator note signifies death?

Short Essay Questions

1. What hypothetical does the narrator pose about the Biblical *Eve* in “If Eve Side-Stealer & Mary Busted-Chest Ruled the World” (25)?

2. How does the narrator describe the woman with no legs’ experience at the Indian school?

3. For what basketball skills is Reservation Mary’s suitor noted?

4. What does the narrator note being given by history?

5. How are the Hopi men pressured to return to work in “The Facts of Art”?

6. What comments does the narrator offer about the fact that her “parents’ hearts kept / growing back” (1)?

7. What is the refrain of “Jimmy Eagle’s Hot Cowboy Boots Blues” (33)?

8. How is the beer that accompanies Mojave Barbie discussed?

9. For what does the narrator note having prayed to the tortilla god?

10. What does the narrator cite as possible sources of madness in “Other Small Thundering”?

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