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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. To what does David compare the sound of the ice cracking in the swamp?
(a) Doors opening and shutting.
(b) Someone walking around them.
(c) Distant gunshots.
(d) The sound of summer fireworks.

2. In "In a Field of Stray Caterpillars," who repeatedly calls Fellis's house?
(a) David's mother.
(b) Cheryl.
(c) Tabitha.
(d) Alice.

3. In "Safe Harbor," where has David recently gotten a job?
(a) Tribal maintenance.
(b) Dysart's Restaurant.
(c) A dollar store.
(d) UPS.

4. In "Half-Life," what does David compare the assisted living facility to?
(a) Chalk.
(b) Plastic.
(c) A prison.
(d) A cave.

5. In "In a Jar," what technique is used when David says that the burning sage "smelled calm, like salt water" (10)?
(a) Metaphor.
(b) Allusion.
(c) Personification.
(d) Synesthesia.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "Earth, Speak," where is the first place David goes after he leaves Ralph's place?

2. In "Safe Harbor," what word does David say his mother hates?

3. In "Half-Life," what does Frances ask David to take care of before he leaves the assisted living facility?

4. What does David keep in the black plastic tub?

5. In "In a Jar," when Paige first arrives, what does David realize their mother has not told Paige about?

(see the answer key)

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