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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 "The Blessing Tobacco," why does David hurry to fill his grandmother's wood box?
(a) He is tired of people thinking that he is lazy.
(b) He is frightened and trying to get away quickly.
(c) He is worried about having to walk home in the dark.
(d) He is embarrassed that he forgot to do it on his first trip.

2. 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.

3. In "The Name Means Thunder," what does David attribute his temporary blindness to?
(a) The sand in his eyes.
(b) Hysteria and trauma.
(c) Contaminated water.
(d) Staring at the sun.

4. In "Food for the Common Cold," what are Frick and David's mother arguing about besides the old graveyard?
(a) Frick's desire to have another child.
(b) Frick's drinking habits.
(c) David's mother's suspicion that Frick is cheating on her.
(d) Frick's treatment of David.

5. In "The Name Means Thunder," what kind of narrator is David portraying himself as when he describes telling this story to his therapist and ex-wife?
(a) Detached.
(b) Biased.
(c) Unreliable.
(d) Objective.

Short Answer Questions

1. When "In a Field of Stray Caterpillars" takes place, how long has David been seeing Tabitha?

2. In "In a Jar," what is David's reaction to the medicine pouch that Frick gives him?

3. In "Food for the Common Cold," what is the cause of the terrible smell in David's mother's house?

4. In "Half-Life," which earlier story does David allude to when he is telling Fellis a story from his childhood?

5. What technique is used in "Get Me Some Medicine," when David says that "the lights were dim like honey" (41)?

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