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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. To which of the following does the narrator compare road workers?
(a) Fire ants.
(b) Spiders.
(c) Locusts.
(d) Roaches.

2. Which of the following is the first line of the title poem?
(a) “I watched a lion eat a man like a piece of fruit”
(b) “Angels don’t come to the reservation”
(c) “he lived in our basement and sacrificed my parents”
(d) “When we were children, we traced our knees”

3. Which of the following does the narrator note her brother feeds “The slave girls” (1)?
(a) Frijoles.
(b) Arroz.
(c) Maíz.
(d) Trigo.

4. In posing a hypothetical about God, of which of the following does the narrator suggest God might have wings?
(a) Turquoise.
(b) Howlite.
(c) Jade.
(d) Chalcedony.

5. Which of the following does the narrator note is taken in by the rolling ball of masa?
(a) Prickly pears.
(b) Mesquites.
(c) Creosotes.
(d) Palmer's oaks.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following is the first line of “Other Small Thundering”?

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

3. Which of the following is the surname of the titular “Reservation Mary”?

4. Onto which of the following properties does the narrator report the FBI pursued Jimmy Eagle?

5. With which of the following does the narrator associate Huitzliopochtli?

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