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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 is the first line of “Prayers or Oubliettes”?
(a) “The Arizona highway sailed across the desert.”
(b) “We are born with spinning coins in place of eyes.”
(c) “Despair has a loose daughter.”
(d) “We smoke more grass than we ever promise to plant.”

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

3. In which of the following kinds of trailer do the workers’ wives live in “The Facts of Art”?
(a) Airstream.
(b) Winnwbago.
(c) Starcraft.
(d) Jayco.

4. Which of the following birds does the narrator note signifies death?
(a) Buzzards.
(b) Ravens.
(c) Cassowaries.
(d) Owls.

5. Which of the following does the narrator refer to as a drummer?
(a) Springfield.
(b) Hotchkiss.
(c) Gatling.
(d) Winchester.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following types of bread does Reservation Mary sell?

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

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

4. Which of the following does Reservation Mary’s suitor buy for her?

5. To which of the following avians does the narrator compare her menstruation?

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