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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 5: "Half-Life" and "Earth, Speak".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In "The Blessing Tobacco," how does David's grandmother react when the first puff of the cigarette makes him cough?
(a) She laughs in surprise.
(b) She shows him how to inhale without coughing.
(c) She tells him to stop pretending.
(d) She tells him to stop smoking it.

2. Where are Fellis and David when "Half-Life" opens?
(a) In an abandoned silo.
(b) At Jim's Corner.
(c) Outside Meekew's apartment.
(d) In Fellis's bedroom.

3. In "Half-Life," what does David frequently mention as a way of implying that his circumstances are getting worse and worse and he feels powerless to save himself?
(a) Floods and drowning.
(b) Avalanches and being buried.
(c) Fire and being burned.
(d) Tornadoes and blowing away.

4. In "Get Me Some Medicine," what does David say he and Fellis usually use for gambling chips?
(a) Spaghetti.
(b) Beans.
(c) Buttons.
(d) Paperclips.

5. In "Get Me Some Medicine," how has David been making money?
(a) Selling porcupine carcasses.
(b) Government disability checks.
(c) Selling marijuana.
(d) Working as a landscaper.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "The Blessing Tobacco," whom does David's grandmother mistake him for?

2. In "In a Field of Stray Caterpillars," where is David trying to get a job?

3. What technique is used when David hears the sound of a man moaning and he says "with my cold ear I followed it" (2)?

4. In "In a Field of Stray Caterpillars," what is David's reaction when the janitor says that he might come to the reservation to see the caterpillars?

5. In "Smokes Last," what is David's intention when he tells JP that Tyson said he is too heavy for the rope swing?

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