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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through "Track" - "Pack".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where has Wander been injured in "Pain"?
(a) His left paw.
(b) His torso.
(c) His back leg.
(d) His shoulder.

2. What literary device is used in the following passage from "Water": "My mouth is dry as an old bone, and still there is no scent of water" (907)?
(a) Assonance.
(b) Metaphor.
(c) Alliteration.
(d) Simile.

3. What bird's rattling call startles Wander and the raven in "Canyon"?
(a) A duck.
(b) A starling.
(c) A woodpecker.
(d) A kingfisher.

4. What are the "gray lines' that are described by Wander in "Almost"?
(a) A telephone line.
(b) A railroad track.
(c) A fence.
(d) A cloud.

5. What does Wander kill by the water in "Water"?
(a) A pheasant.
(b) A goat.
(c) A chicken.
(d) A buck.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "Lightning," the narrator says, "... the hard edges of my memory become sharper. They push deep into me like a tooth" (685). What literary device is used in this passage?

2. What circles above Wander as he lay injured in "Pain"?

3. What does Wander kill and eat when the buck gets away in "Track"?

4. What does the raven lead Wander to in "Raven"?

5. Who has gotten weaker than before and must be fed like a pup in the end of "Rival"?

(see the answer key)

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