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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 2: "Manhattan Is a Lenape Word" through "Run'n'Gun".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. On page 21 of "Skin-Light," what other name for Teotlachco is given?
(a) "Chalcedony."
(b) "Calabash."
(c) "Light-well."
(d) "Lamp-Land."

2. On page 23 of "Run'n'Gun," the speaker says, "we became coyotes and rivers." What technique is being used in this line?
(a) Allusion.
(b) Allegory.
(c) Double entendre.
(d) Metaphor.

3. In "They Don't Love You Like I Love You," why is the word "Maps" in quotation marks?
(a) It is being discussed sarcastically.
(b) It is dialogue.
(c) It is a song title.
(d) It is being discussed as a word.

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

5. In "These Hands, If Not Gods," the speaker refers to "ichor." What does this word mean?
(a) The substance that the Greek gods had instead of blood.
(b) The wine that the gods drank on Mount Olympus.
(c) A prolonged period of lazy satisfaction.
(d) A strong desire to engage in sexual activity.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "Blood-Light," what does the speaker say the story is about?

2. In "Postcolonial Love Poem," the speaker mentions a "cabochon." What is a cabochon?

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

4. In "From the Desire Field," what other poet is alluded to?

5. In "Catching Copper," when the brothers are searching for their bullet, what sound is heard?

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