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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 4: "Ode to the Beloved's Hips" through "The First Water Is the Body".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In "Ode to the Beloved's Hips," what techniques are employed in the line "Swing switch sway. Hold the day away a little" (37)?
(a) Internal rhyme and onomatopoeia.
(b) Alliteration and internal rhyme.
(c) Onomatopoeia and blank verse.
(d) Blank verse and alliteration.

2. In "Like Church," what does the speaker compare her relationship with the church to?
(a) Her intimate relationship with a White lover.
(b) The work required to tend a garden successfully.
(c) America's history of oppression.
(d) Her relationship with her family.

3. What does the title "Catching Copper" literally refer to?
(a) Working in a mine.
(b) Playing a game with pennies.
(c) Capturing an escaped dog.
(d) Getting shot.

4. In "Blood-Light," what is described in the page 5 image "yellow metallic scissors"?
(a) Knitting needles.
(b) Scorpions.
(c) Crayfish.
(d) Chopsticks.

5. In "Manhattan Is a Lenape Word," when the speaker claims to be the only Native person "on the 8th floor of this hotel or any," what technique is being used (14)?
(a) Sarcasm.
(b) Paradox.
(c) Allegory.
(d) Hyperbole.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "These Hands, If Not Gods," the speaker refers to "ichor." What does this word mean?

2. 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)?

3. In "Like Church," what does the speaker mean by "It is real work not to perform/ a fable" (30)?

4. In "Like Church," what word is repeated with a different meaning to imply that the speaker is a kind of captive in her relationship?

5. In "Catching Copper," what kind of "comb" is meant in the page 9 lines, "you should see my brothers' bullet/ make a comb, by chewing holes/ in what is sweet"?

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