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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. Of which of the following does the narrator note her brother’s clothes smell?
(a) Candles.
(b) Oils.
(c) Matches.
(d) Wax.
2. Which of the following is the first line of “Prayers or Oubliettes”?
(a) “We are born with spinning coins in place of eyes.”
(b) “We smoke more grass than we ever promise to plant.”
(c) “Despair has a loose daughter.”
(d) “The Arizona highway sailed across the desert.”
3. In which of the following kinds of trailer do the workers’ wives live in “The Facts of Art”?
(a) Winnwbago.
(b) Jayco.
(c) Starcraft.
(d) Airstream.
4. Which of the following is the first line of “Cloud Watching”?
(a) “Pack the suitcases with white cans of corned beef.”
(b) “I found your blue suitcases.”
(c) “Betsy Ross needled hot stars to Mr. Washington’s bedspread.”
(d) “We smoke more grass than we ever promise to plant.”
5. To which of the following avians does the narrator compare her menstruation?
(a) Roc.
(b) Thunderbird.
(c) Phoenix.
(d) Mayura.
Short Answer Questions
1. Which of the following types of bread does Reservation Mary sell?
2. For which of the following is the phrase “Mojave necklace” a euphemism?
3. Which of the following do Guy No-Horse’s observers yell?
4. To which meal are Ken and Skipper confined?
5. Which of the following canids does the narrator note signifies death?
Short Essay Questions
1. What does the narrator cite as possible sources of madness in “Other Small Thundering”?
2. What does the narrator warn is the likely effect of an angel visiting the reservation?
3. What is the refrain of “Jimmy Eagle’s Hot Cowboy Boots Blues” (33)?
4. In “Abecedarian Requiring Further Examination of Anglikan Seraphym Subjugation of a Wild Indian Reservation,” how is Gabe described?
5. For what does the narrator note having prayed to the tortilla god?
6. About what does the two-man band at The Injun That Could sing about?
7. What complaint does the narrator voice about raisins after eating them?
8. How are the Hopi men pressured to return to work in “The Facts of Art”?
9. What hypothetical does the narrator pose about the Biblical *Eve* in “If Eve Side-Stealer & Mary Busted-Chest Ruled the World” (25)?
10. How does the narrator describe the woman with no legs’ experience at the Indian school?
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