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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 3: "Asterion's Lament" through "The Mustangs".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In "From the Desire Field," what other poet is alluded to?
(a) Pablo Neruda.
(b) Federico García Lorca.
(c) Octavio Paz.
(d) Rosalía de Castro.

2. In "Manhattan Is a Lenape Word," what does the speaker claim to do with her "mouth of smoke" (14)?
(a) Speak an unknown language.
(b) Fill the room.
(c) Preserve meat.
(d) Put bees to sleep.

3. In "The Mustangs," what is the purpose of mentioning the brother's "thin ankles" (35)?
(a) It distinguishes him from the other boys.
(b) It stresses his determination.
(c) It foreshadows his injury.
(d) It compares him to a horse.

4. In "Skin-Light," what is the likely antecedent of "this" in "This is the war I was born for" (22)?
(a) The battle against erasure.
(b) The struggle for Native sovereignty.
(c) Her relationship with her brother.
(d) Her relationship with her lover.

5. What distinguishes "Run'n'Gun" from the poems that come before it in the collection?
(a) It is rhymed.
(b) It is concrete poetry.
(c) It is a prose poem.
(d) It employs a regular meter.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the title "Catching Copper" literally refer to?

2. In "Asterion's Lament," what does the speaker say is another name for "water" (27)?

3. In "These Hands, If Not Gods," what is the antecedent of the word "they" in the opening line "Haven't they moved like rivers?" (7)?

4. In the page 1 lines, "when the war ended. The war ended/ depending on which war you mean," what technique is used to introduce ambiguity?

5. On page 23 of "Run'n'Gun," the speaker says, "we became coyotes and rivers." What technique is being used in this line?

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