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

2. Which of the following is the last line of “Prayers or Oubliettes”?
(a) “With empty wine jugs at our heels.”
(b) “To eat from your dark pie.”
(c) “The mottled wings are the words to pain.”
(d) “Oh, and those beautiful, beautiful baskets.”

3. Which of the following is the first line of “Reservation Grass”?
(a) “Betsy Ross needled hot stars to Mr. Washington’s bedspread.”
(b) “We smoke more grass than we ever promise to plant.”
(c) “Corned beef comes on the first of every month.”
(d) “I found your blue suitcases.”

4. For which of the following is the phrase “Mojave necklace” a euphemism?
(a) Pimples.
(b) Dirt-rings.
(c) Scars.
(d) Hickies.

5. Along which of the following does the narrator’s brother stumble?
(a) Via Muerte.
(b) El Camino de los Muertos.
(c) La Avenida de los Muertos.
(d) Avenida Real.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. To which of the following does the narrator compare hunger in “Cloud Watching”?

3. Which of the following canids does the narrator note signifies death?

4. Which of the following is the first line of “Cloud Watching”?

5. Which of the following instruments does the narrator remark remain in museums?

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