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

2. Which of the following sodas does the woman with no legs drink?

3. Which of the following birds does the narrator note signifies death?

4. To which of the following does the narrator compare road workers?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. About what does the two-man band at The Injun That Could sing about?

2. What living situation does the narrator describe for her brother when he was the Aztec of the title?

3. With what are the Hopi men working before signing on with the Department of Transportation in “The Facts of Art”?

4. At what point does the narrator note her brother stopped wearing shirts?

5. How does The Injun That Could accommodate dancers?

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

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

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

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

10. To what does the narrator compare yesterday to in “Other Small Thundering”?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What is implied by the repeated assignations between Mojave Barbie and Ken? What gives rise to the implication? How does it do so?

Essay Topic 2

What is the most important theme of Diaz’s collection? What in the book indicates as much? How does it do so?

Essay Topic 3

What significance accrues to Mojave Barbie interacting with Skipper in “The Last Mojave Indian Barbie?” How does that significance emerge?

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