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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 5: "I, Minotaur" through "Cranes, Mafiosos, and a Polaroid Camera".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In "Like Church," what does the speaker mean by "It is real work not to perform/ a fable" (30)?
(a) She worries about assuming that she knows how her relationship will end.
(b) It is easy to fall into the trap of fulfilling a stereotype.
(c) She feels controlled by her partner's whims and desires.
(d) Fairy tales and fables create unrealistic expectation about love.

2. In "Like Church," what does the speaker say she has "escaped through" (29)?
(a) A searchlight.
(b) The window.
(c) The beloved's body.
(d) Dirty water.

3. According to "American Arithmetic," what percentage of the U.S. population is Native American?
(a) 1%.
(b) 1.4%.
(c) 0.8%.
(d) 2%.

4. What unusual typographic device is contained in "exhibits from The American Water Museum"?
(a) Call-out.
(b) Redaction.
(c) Implied ephemera.
(d) Hedera.

5. In "Asterion's Lament," what kind of a creature is "Asterion"?
(a) Half-bird and half-human.
(b) Half-fish and half-human.
(c) Half-bull and half-human.
(d) Half-snake and half-human.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "American Arithmetic," what does the narrator suggest is better than being invisible?

2. In the opening of "Skin-Light," to what creature does the speaker compare herself?

3. In "Wolf OR-7," what word does the speaker say can also mean "touch" (32)?

4. In "Like Church," the speaker uses the Spanish term of endearment "Mi caracol" (29). What is the literal translation of this expression?

5. In "It Was the Animals," what has the speaker's brother actually found?

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