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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 "Like Church," to what does the speaker compare the beloved's hip?
(a) A searchlight.
(b) An orchard.
(c) A window.
(d) The quarter moon.

2. In "Postcolonial Love Poem," the speaker mentions a "cabochon." What is a cabochon?
(a) A variety of jasper.
(b) A smoothed and polished stone.
(c) A small silver disk used to hold a bolo tie together.
(d) A silver buckle common in the Southwestern United States.

3. In "Asterion's Lament," what does the phrase, "Go forward, always down" represent (27)?
(a) The title of a Whitman poem.
(b) Directions from the forest to the sea.
(c) Ariadne's advice to Theseus.
(d) Commentary about U.S. history.

4. In "Run'n'Gun," what sport does the speaker discuss?
(a) Lacross.
(b) Baseball.
(c) An ancient Mesoamerican ball game.
(d) Basketball.

5. In "Catching Copper," what does the acronym "CIB" stand for?
(a) Certificate of Indian Blood.
(b) Combat Infantryman Badge.
(c) Citizens Information Board.
(d) Criminal Investigation Branch.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. In "Manhattan Is a Lenape Word," what is the red light metaphorically compared to?

4. In "They Don't Love You Like I Love You," what kind of person does the speaker want to love her?

5. In "They Don't Love You Like I Love You," to what does the speaker compare the United States?

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