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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 Name Means Thunder," why is David at school while Paige is having her baby?
(a) He is always behind in his classes, and his mother does not want him to miss any more school.
(b) He is excited to present his project on the planets and wants to go to school instead of the hospital.
(c) His mother is afraid he is getting sick and does not want to risk him spreading germs to the new baby.
(d) His mother cannot cope with him being underfoot when she needs to focus her attention on Paige.

2. In "Half-Life," what is the name of the assisted living facility that Frances is living in?
(a) Daybreak.
(b) Pinecrest.
(c) Horizons.
(d) Woodlands.

3. In "Food for the Common Cold," what new information is revealed about Paige?
(a) She has disappeared from their lives, having taken off after losing another baby.
(b) Unable to get along with Frick, she now lives with her grandmother.
(c) She has moved into Overtown to attend the community college there.
(d) After a fight with her mother, she has gone back to live with her father.

4. In "Night of the Living Rez," what has Frick been expressing paranoid thoughts about?
(a) Jesuits.
(b) Zombies.
(c) Cameras.
(d) Bad spirits.

5. In "Safe Harbor," what has David come to the clinic to bring his mother?
(a) Identification.
(b) Cigarettes.
(c) Paperwork.
(d) Money.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "In a Field of Stray Caterpillars," who repeatedly calls Fellis's house?

2. In "Smokes Last," what is implied when David tells his mother about the Western Union money and she says "I think I can drive" (152)?

3. In "Half-Life," when David is waiting for Meekew to get home, where is Meekew?

4. In "The Blessing Tobacco," what does the reader learn David's grandmother's first name is?

5. In "The Blessing Tobacco," what has David been sent to his grandmother's for?

(see the answer key)

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