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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. Which of the following describes the suit in “Mercy Songs to Melancholy”?

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

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

4. To which of the following semi-precious stones does the narrator compare her front yard?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. What is noted as being needed to justify the presence of insulin among Mojave Barbie’s effects?

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

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

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

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

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

10. What complaint does the narrator voice about raisins after eating them?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

A number of the poems in the collection are divided into smaller sections. For one such poem, what function does the division into sections serve, and how is that function manifested?

Essay Topic 2

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

Essay Topic 3

Consider the names of several characters (e.g., Guy No-Horse, Mary Busted-Chest, Eve Side-Stealer) in the collection as kennings. Given such a function, what name might be expected of the narrator and her brother? What in the text suggests as much, and how does it do so?

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