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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section I, “9. Cloud Watching” to “18. The Clouds Are Buffalo Limping toward Jesus”.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The collection defines “yenni” as which of the following?
(a) Assault.
(b) Rock and roll.
(c) Sex.
(d) Drugs.

2. Which of the following does the narrator associate with her menstruation?
(a) Wagon train.
(b) Cattle train.
(c) Wedding train.
(d) Passenger train.

3. Which of the following documents is noted to accompany Mojave Barbie?
(a) A colonche recipe.
(b) A passport.
(c) A frybread recipe.
(d) A tortilla recipe.

4. Which of the following describes the suit in “Mercy Songs to Melancholy”?
(a) Charcoal two-piece.
(b) Navy three-piece.
(c) Navy two-piece.
(d) Charcoal three-piece.

5. Which of the following does the narrator note is between her legs?
(a) San Diego.
(b) San Sebastián.
(c) San Antonio.
(d) San José.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following does the narrator note is taken in by the rolling ball of masa?

2. Which of the following is the *first* to be marked for “immeasurable gratitude” in the dedication of the book?

3. How many stanzas does “Jimmy Eagle’s Hot Cowboy Boots Blues” have?

4. In posing a hypothetical about God, of which of the following does the narrator suggest God might have wings?

5. In posing a hypothetical about God, which of the following games does the narrator posit God might invent?

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