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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 6: "Night of the Living Rez" and "The Name Means Thunder".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In "Earth, Speak," where do the police catch up with Fellis?
(a) New York.
(b) Pittsburgh.
(c) Boston.
(d) Atlanta.

2. In "The Name Means Thunder," what does Paige burn at the end of the story?
(a) Bedogi's birth certificate.
(b) Tobacco and sage.
(c) The ash basket.
(d) David's toy men.

3. In "Get Me Some Medicine," what reason does Fellis give David for dropping out of college?
(a) He was frustrated and embarrassed at his own poor education.
(b) He only enrolled so that he could drop out and get a refund check.
(c) He only enrolled to get his mother to stop nagging him about his future.
(d) He was harassed by white students and subjected to racial slurs.

4. In "Smokes Last," what distinctive item of clothing does Tyson wear?
(a) A camouflage-patterned hunting cap.
(b) A blue and white ski jacket.
(c) An orange winter jacket.
(d) A New England Patriots hat.

5. In "The Blessing Tobacco," where is Paige working?
(a) A pawnshop.
(b) A restaurant.
(c) The liquor store.
(d) The grocery store.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "Food for the Common Cold," what does David learn for the first time about his own birth?

2. In "In a Field of Stray Caterpillars," what does the burning chicken casserole demonstrate about the characters' lives?

3. In "Night of the Living Rez," how long has it been since David last spent the summer with his father?

4. To what does David compare the sound of the ice cracking in the swamp?

5. What techniques are used in "Safe Harbor" when David says "sharp pine trees clutter and lean into each other, and cardinals and finches flutter and jet from tree to tree" (127)?

(see the answer key)

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