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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," the beloved's shoulders are compared to "hematite clocks" (29). What is hematite?
(a) A transparent salt.
(b) A porous rock.
(c) A black mineral.
(d) A polished fossil.

2. In "Manhattan Is a Lenape Word," what creature does the speaker claim is walking down West 29th Street?
(a) A lion.
(b) A bull.
(c) A coyote.
(d) A rabbit.

3. In "It Was the Animals," what has the speaker's brother actually found?
(a) A plank from a rowboat.
(b) The wooden handle of a hatchet.
(c) A piece of driftwood.
(d) A piece of a picture frame.

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

5. In "Ode to the Beloved's Hips," what twentieth century American movie is alluded to?
(a) Carmen.
(b) 2001: A Space Odyssey.
(c) Star Wars.
(d) Raging Bull.

Short Answer Questions

1. On page 9 of "Catching Copper," how do the brothers walk their bullet?

2. In "Like Church," to what does the speaker compare the beloved's hip?

3. In "Cranes, Mafiosos, and a Polaroid Camera," to what object does the speaker compare her camera?

4. In "Cranes, Mafiosos, and a Polaroid Camera," to what does the speaker compare the camera's aperture?

5. In "Ink-Light," to what does the speaker compare her desire?

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